Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1995, 11:19 AM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 17, 1995, 11:19 AM EDT (15:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 1995, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCLE 171521 RRA SVRCLE OHC069-171615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1119 AM EDT THU AUG 17 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...HENRY COUNTY AT 1115 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG... DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 17, 11:19 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-181200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1119 AM EDT THU AUG 17 1995 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TODAY. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO WILL FOCUS THE STORMS. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS...THOUGH HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...FLOODING MAY ALSO TAKE PLACE AS SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. BARJENBRUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 55 min |
| Aug 17, 1:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 112 min |
| Aug 17, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 112 min |
| Aug 17, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 2:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 3:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 3:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Lorain, Richland | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 4:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 57 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.