Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 290115 RRA TORCLE OHC173-290145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 915 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...WOOD COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER THE WOOD COUNTY. SKYWARN OBSERVERS ALSO REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR STATE ROUTES 163 AND 420. IT WAS STILL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD... CHEST AND EXPOSED SKIN. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOO6R AND PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM. AVOID WINDOWS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 52 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/EBERTSpecial weather statement, May 28, 4:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 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/EBERTSpecial weather statement, May 28, 6:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 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, 1 hour 19 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, 1 hour 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 47 min |
| May 28, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 51 min |
| May 28, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 41 min |
| May 28, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 49 min |
| May 28, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 61 min |
| May 28, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 63 min |
| May 28, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 68 min |
| May 28, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 55 min |
| May 28, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 37 min |
| May 28, 11:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Huron | 64 min |
| May 28, 11:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain | 58 min |
| May 28, 11:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 65 min |
| May 29, 12:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 63 min |
| May 29, 12:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 54 min |
| May 29, 12:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 58 min |
| May 29, 12:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 66 min |
| May 29, 12:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Geauga | 58 min |
| May 29, 1:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 63 min |
| May 29, 1:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 66 min |
| May 29, 1:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit, Wayne | 59 min |
| May 29, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 67 min |
| May 29, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 69 min |
| May 29, 2:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 66 min |
| May 29, 2:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 47 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.