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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 14, 1995Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 2:07 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 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 141808
SVRCLE
OHC093-141900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
207 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LORAIN COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN LORAIN
COUNTY JUST NORTH OF AMHERST. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES
AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO LAKE ERIE AND THE TOWN OF AVON LAKE
BY 230 PM.
 
 
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.
 
DEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 3:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca54 min
May 14, 4:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula44 min
May 14, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga51 min
May 14, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake68 min
May 14, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEGeauga57 min
May 14, 3:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga68 min
May 14, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula59 min
May 14, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull51 min
May 14, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.