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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 28, 1995Lucas County, Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 8:39 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1248 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
1248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 290040
SVRCLE
OHC095-123-501-LEZ501-290130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
839 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LUCAS COUNTY...OTTAWA COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A LINE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM BOWLING GREEN TO MILLBURY MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THEY WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN LUCAS AND OTTAWA
COUNTIES.
 
 
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.

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 28, 4:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-290020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
422 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM...
      ...HIGH WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 10 PM...

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN MICHIGAN
AND INDIANA...MOVING NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS OHIO IN ADVANCE OF A
COLD FRONT.  SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL.

THE HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT
DUE TO LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WHICH EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD INTO CANADA.  THE LOW PRESSURE WILL SPREAD WINDS
SUSTAINED TO 35 TO 45 MPH INTO OHIO THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT.

THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE:
WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE...HENRY...FULTON...VAN WERT...MERCER...DARKE
AND PAULDING.

END/COMEAUX/EBERT
Special weather statement, May 28, 4:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
PAZ001>003-290020-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
429 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

      ...HIGH WIND ADVISORY FOR ERIE COUNTY LAKE SHORE...

THE HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
LAKE SHORE UNTIL 10 PM...DUE TO LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO CANADA.

THE LOW PRESSURE WILL SPREAD WINDS SUSTAINED TO 30 TO 40 MPH INTO
THE ERIE COUNTY LAKE SHORE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

FOR OTHER PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA LOOK FOR SOME GUSTY WINDS
TO 20 TO 30 MPH.

END/COMEAUX/EBERT
Special weather statement, May 28, 6:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-014-017-018-019-
020-021-022-023-027-028-029-030-031-032-033-036-037-038-047-290245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
642 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
OHIO...
   ...HIGH WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO AS
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND LOWER MICHIGAN
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST.  AS OF 630 PM THIS EVENING...NO SEVERE
WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE STATE OF OHIO.  ONLY A FEW
WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MADE THEIR WAY TO OHIO SO FAR THIS
EVENING WHERE THEY WERE MOSTLY CONFINED TO WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE AND
HENRY COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO.  AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
WAS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL OHIO IN HOCKING COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 TO 30 MPH.

THE HIGH WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING
FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO.  THIS IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS CANADA.  THE
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT
IN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBNLE
WARNINGS.

THE OHIO COUNTIES IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE:
WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE...FULTON...HENRY...VAN WERT...MERCER...DARKE AND
PAULDING.

END/COMEAUX
Special weather statement, May 28, 7:56 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005-006-007-008-009-010-017-018-019-027-290400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
755 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 750 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS
FROM JUST NORTH OF TOLEDO TO VAN WERT OHIO. THIS LINE WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH LUCAS...HENRY2
AND WOOD COUNTIES BY 830 PM.

THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS
...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

END/COMEAUX
Special weather statement, May 28, 8:15 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-017-018-019-020-027-290415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
814 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 815 PM THIS EVENING DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL.  THESE STORMS ARE
LOlCATED FROM LUCAS COUNTY THROUGH WOOD...HENRY AND PUTNAM COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...SENECA AND
HANCOCK COUTNIES BY 9 PM.

END/COMEAUX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood47 min
May 28, 9:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWood30 min
May 28, 9:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESandusky41 min
May 28, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa49 min
May 28, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock61 min
May 28, 9:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie63 min
May 28, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron68 min
May 28, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain55 min
May 28, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot37 min
May 28, 11:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHuron64 min
May 28, 11:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain58 min
May 28, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina65 min
May 29, 12:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit63 min
May 29, 12:36 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina54 min
May 29, 12:47 AM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit58 min
May 29, 12:54 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull66 min
May 29, 12:54 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEGeauga58 min
May 29, 1:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage63 min
May 29, 1:24 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage66 min
May 29, 1:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit, Wayne59 min
May 29, 1:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark67 min
May 29, 2:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull69 min
May 29, 2:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning66 min
May 29, 2:13 AM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull47 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.