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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 14, 1995Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 5:11 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 5:11 AM EDT (09:11 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Erie County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 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 140911
SVRCLE
PAC049-141015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
511 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO NEAR CONNEAUT. THIS
STORM PRODUCED WINDS OF 60 MPH AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF
ASHTABULA.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS
CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY AND PASS NEAR FRANKLIN CENTER AND MIDDLEBORO.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
 
 
&
KOSARIK

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, May 14, 1:28 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-051200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
130 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF
NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 8AM THIS MORNING.  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 130 AM
SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN
INDIANA TOWARD OHIO.  CONFIRMED TORNADOES HAVE ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED
WITH SOME OF THE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO AROUND 2AM.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS ARE FAVORABLE.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS
SITUATION.  PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD BE PREPAIRED TO TAKE
SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

TK
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:23 AM EDT, 48 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-141125-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
423 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EASTERN OHIO AND
CRAWFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 AM...AND FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND
THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8 AM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF NORTHWEST OHIO...AND SEVERE
WEATHER IS NO LONGER A THREAT IN THIS AREA. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...FULTON...HANCOCK...HENRY...LUCAS...
AND WOOD.

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST OHIO AT 420 AM. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO AND
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMA
IN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie65 min
May 14, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford67 min
May 14, 4:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.