Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 7:07 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 1995, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 1995, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 182308 SVRCLE OHC075-182345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 707 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...HOLMES COUNTY AT 705 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST COSHOCTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH...AND MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE CITY OF MILLERSBURG IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GERARD
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 18, 6:33 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>013-017>022-027>032-036>038-047-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 633 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO EXCEPT FOR EXTREME EASTERN OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE TOLEO...LORAIN...MANSFIELD... CLEVELAND...AKRON...AND CANTON. THE ASHTABULA AND YOUNGSTOWN AREAS ARE NOT IN THE WATCH. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. AT 630 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SANDUSKY TO WEST OF MANSFIELD TO DELAWARE COUNTY NEAR COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH. ANY OF THESE STORMS...AS WELL AS OTHER THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPDILY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DO NOT HESITATE TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS OR IN A BASEMENT SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR THE WEATHER BECOME THREATENING. IN ADDITON... HIGH WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO TOINIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Apr 18, 6:40 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-190140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 640 PM EDT TUE APR 18 1995 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO EXCEPT FOR EXTREME EASTERN OHIO UNTIL 1 AM WEDNESDAY. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE TOLEDO...LORAIN...MANSFIELD... CLEVELAND...AKRON...AND CANTON. THE ASHTABULA AND YOUNGSTOWN AREAS ARE NOT IN THE WATCH. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. AT 630 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SANDUSKY TO WEST OF MANSFIELD TO DELAWARE COUNTY NEAR COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH. ANY OF THESE STORMS...AS WELL AS OTHER THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING...COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPDILY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DO NOT HESITATE TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS OR IN A BASEMENT SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR THE WEATHER BECOME THREATENING. IN ADDITON... HIGH WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO TOINIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THIS STATION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KOSARIK ...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE EXPIRATION TIME OF TORNADO WATCH (1 AM)...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 37 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.