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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 11, 1995Hancock County, Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 6:25 PM EDT for Hancock County, Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1995, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 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 
WUUS1 KCLE 112226 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC063-147-175-112315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
625 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...HANCOCK COUNTY...SENECA COUNTY...WYANDOT COUNTY
 
AT 625 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
HANCOCK AND WYANDOT COUNTIES. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH AND
WILL THE AFFECT THE TOWNS OF VANLUE.. WEST INDEPENDENCE AND ALVADA.
 
 
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.
 
ACR

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 48 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, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.