Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1996, 12:30 PM EDT for Ashland County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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 24, 1996, 12:30 PM EDT (16:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1996, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashland County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 12:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Ashland, 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 241632 SVRCLE OHC005-241700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1230 PM EDT MON JUN 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...ASHLAND COUNTY AT 1230 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MIFFLIN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ALONG ROUTE 30 THROUGH HAYESVILLE BY 100 PM. 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. REL
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 24, 7:09 AM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-221200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 710 AM EDT MON JUN 24 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING TODAY IN THE WARM AND HUMID AIR OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WIND,S...HAIL...FRQUENT LIGHTENING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS THROUGH THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VRCEK
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, 5:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 62 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, 12:41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.