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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 22, 1996Crawford County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1996, 9:55 AM EDT for Crawford County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report 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, 9:55 AM EDT (13:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1996, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 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, 10:10 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 60Central Portion, 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 369 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z 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
369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

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 22, 6:07 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-231200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
605 AM EDT SAT JUN 22 1996

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST
OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING.

A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
THIS MORNING WAS TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS.

BY THIS AFTERNOON DRIER AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA AND THE THREAT
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL END. TONIGHT SHOULD BE DRY.

KOSARIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 4:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Lake62 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.