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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 24, 1996Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1996, 11:21 AM EDT for Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 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, 11:21 AM EDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1996, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 24, 11:45 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Countywide, OH
Jun 24, 12:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 55Countywide, 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 text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 241521
SVRCLE
OHC139-241615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1121 AM EDT MON JUN 24 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 1120 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN LITTLE WASHINGTON. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE TOWN OF LUCAS IS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
RINGO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 2:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton60 min
Jun 24, 5:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain62 min
Jun 24, 6:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga2 hr
Jun 24, 11:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland34 min
Jun 24, 11:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion25 min
Jun 24, 11:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford39 min
Jun 24, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes34 min
Jun 24, 12:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland33 min
Jun 24, 12:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina44 min
Jun 24, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne62 min
Jun 24, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland30 min
Jun 24, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit64 min
Jun 24, 12:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark56 min
Jun 24, 12:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit3 hr
Jun 24, 12:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Medina, Wayne3 hr
Jun 24, 12:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes3 hr
Jun 24, 12:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland3 hr
Jun 24, 12:54 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit36 min
Jun 24, 1:05 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage55 min
Jun 24, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox46 min
Jun 24, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes57 min
Jun 24, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox41 min
Jun 24, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning62 min
Jun 24, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Wayne58 min
Jun 24, 1:50 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMahoning25 min
Jun 24, 2:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning60 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.