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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 13, 1995Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 1995, 7:44 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 1995, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 1995, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 132346
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-103-OHZ501-140045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
744 PM EDT WED SEP 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...LORAIN COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
AT 740 PM EDT CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER LORAIN COUNTY FORM NEAR ELYRIA TO WELLINGTON. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 35 MPH.
 
THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH LORAIN COUNTY AND INTO MEDINA COUNTY BY 8
PM.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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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.