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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 7, 1995Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 8:16 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 830 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 080017 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC153-080100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
816 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...SUMMIT COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST MEDINA
COUNTY NEAR SHARON CENTER. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH AND WILL REACH NORTON AND BARBERTON BY 845 PM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONA0LLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
 
REL

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, Jun 7, 5:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
PAZ001>003-080200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
500 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

THIS WATCH INCLUDES ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES AND ALL OF NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE ERIE AND MEADVILLE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

AT 5 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN CRAWFORD
COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED BETWEEN PYMATUNING RESERVOIR AND
CONNEAUT LAKE. SHOWERS WERE ALSO OFFSHORE OF ERIE. THE ACTIVITY WAS
MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

AS OF 5 PM NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS SEVERE BUT THE STORMS
MAY INTENSIFY QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PAZ001>003-080200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
500 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

THIS WATCH INCLUDES ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES AND ALL OF NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE ERIE AND MEADVILLE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

AT 5 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN CRAWFORD
COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED BETWEEN PYMATUNING RESERVOIR AND
CONNEAUT LAKE. SHOWERS WERE ALSO OFFSHORE OF ERIE. THE ACTIVITY WAS
MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

AS OF 5 PM NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS SEVERE BUT THE STORMS
MAY INTENSIFY QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NtOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:17 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005-006-017-080400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
717 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL
1100 PM EDT...

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA AND TOLEDO.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

AT 715 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO MAINLY EAST
OF A TOLEDO TO FINDLAY LINE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND WILL
MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT.

AS OF 7 PM NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS SEVERE BUT THE STORMS
MAY INTENSIFY QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:18 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005-006-017-080400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
717 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL
1100 PM EDT...

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA AND TOLEDO.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

AT 715 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO MAINLY EAST
OF A TOLEDO TO FINDLAY LINE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND WILL
MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT.

AS OF 7 PM NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS SEVERE BUT THE STORMS
MAY INTENSIFY QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:20 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005-006-017-080400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
720 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EDT...

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA AND TOLEDO.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

AT 715 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO MAINLY EAST
OF A TOLEDO TO FINDLAY LINE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND WILL
MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT.

AS OF 7 PM NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS SEVERE BUT THE STORMS
MAY INTENSIFY QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

MITCHELL

...CORRECTED WATCH EXPIRATION TIME...
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:21 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005-006-017-080400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
720 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EDT...

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA AND TOLEDO.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

AT 715 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO MAINLY EAST
OF A TOLEDO TO FINDLAY LINE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND WILL
MOVE INTO THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT.

AS OF 7 PM NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS SEVERE BUT THE STORMS
MAY INTENSIFY QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

MITCHELL

...CORRECTED WATCH EXPIRATION TIME...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:18 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina27 min
Jun 7, 8:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit53 min
Jun 7, 8:28 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne32 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.