Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1996, 5:43 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain 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 24, 1996, 5:43 AM EDT (09:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1996, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:50 AM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Bedford Heights, OH | |
| Jun 24, 6:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | New Russia Township, 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 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 240944 SVRCLE OHC035-093-241045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 543 AM EDT MON JUN 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...LORAIN COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ONE OVER WESTERN LORAIN COUNTY...AND THE OTHER OVER EASTERN LORAIN AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST CUYAHOGA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE...ELYRIA...CLEVELAND...STRONGSVILLE...AND CLEVELAND'S SOUTHERN SUBURBS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREP6ARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 11:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 12:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Richland | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 1:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.