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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 13, 1995Mahoning County, Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 1995, 10:18 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 1995, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 1995, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 00:00Z on 1995-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 225 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 00:00Z on 1995-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 140218 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC099-133-140315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1018 PM EDT WED SEP 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...MAHONING COUNTY...PORTAGE COUNTY
 
AT 1015 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
EAST CENTRAL PORTAGE COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO OVER NORTHERN
MAHONING COUNTY. ALMOST DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MAHONING COUNTY AT
1010 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit62 min
Sep 13, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina29 min
Sep 13, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland31 min
Sep 13, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Knox44 min

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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.