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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 11, 1995Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 6:16 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1995, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lucas County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 1995-04-11Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 398 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
398 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
461 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 112217 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC095-112245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
616 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LUCAS COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
AT 615 DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
SOUTHWEST OF TOLEDO AIRPORT. THIS STORM IS NORTH AT 45 MPH. THIS WILL
AFFECT THE TOWNS RICHFIELD AND BERKEY. THIS STORMS HAS PRODUCED 70 MPH
WINDS IN HENRY COUNTY.
 
 
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.
 
RINGO
 
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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, Apr 11, 3:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-112240-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
337 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995

A HIGH WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO
TONIGHT.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN OHIO EARLY TONIGHT
IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER IOWA. SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY TONIGHT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO
25 TO 35 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THE STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT.

RESIDENTS IN THE ADISORY AREA SHOULD TAKE TIME NOW TO SECURE OBJECTS
OUTSIDE AROUND THE HOUSE SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS SO THEY
DON'T GET BLOWN WAY TONIGHT.

THE WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
ACROSS THE AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LAEST
UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

HILTBRAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry39 min
Apr 11, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton54 min
Apr 11, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Seneca, Wyandot50 min
Apr 11, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron29 min
Apr 11, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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.