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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 22, 1996Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 4:13 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1996, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1996, 5:15 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 4:35 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52Madison, OH
Jun 22, 4:45 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 55Northern Half, OH

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 1996-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 471 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 1996-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
471 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 9:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Richland65 min
Jun 22, 10:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne65 min
Jun 22, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.