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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 21, 1995Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 2:55 PM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 211856 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC101-212000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
255 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 255 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MARION COUNTY JUST WEST OF THE CITY
OF MARION. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
 
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.
 
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, Jun 21, 1:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-211920-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
122 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF OHIO UNTIL 9 PM
EDT.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE AKRON-CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...
MANSFIELD....MARION...AND FINDLAY.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM MARION COUNTY NORTHEAST TO JUST
SOUTHEAST OF CLEVELAND. AT 115 PM...THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR
MARION.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Summit59 min
Jun 21, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina55 min
Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow69 min
Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes69 min
Jun 21, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox67 min
Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland60 min
Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull65 min
Jun 21, 3:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion2 hr
Jun 21, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne58 min
Jun 21, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland65 min
Jun 21, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage60 min
Jun 21, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox56 min
Jun 21, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow67 min
Jun 21, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull61 min
Jun 21, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage61 min
Jun 21, 5:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion3 hr
Jun 21, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot64 min
Jun 21, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit68 min
Jun 21, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox65 min
Jun 21, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne68 min
Jun 21, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina63 min
Jun 21, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark44 min
Jun 21, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland55 min
Jun 21, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne62 min
Jun 21, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes59 min
Jun 21, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain65 min
Jun 21, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland63 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.