Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 29 min |
| Apr 11, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 31 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.