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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 29, 1996Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1996, 2:04 PM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 29, 1996, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1996, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 2:23 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 65Eastern 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 1996-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 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 1996-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 291805
SVRCLE
OHC063-291845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
204 PM EDT MON JUL 29 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...HANCOCK COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FINDLAY NEAR THE TOWN OF VANLUE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE TOWARD WEST INDEPENDENCE.
 
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.
 
KOSARIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca, Wyandot55 min
Jul 29, 3:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock117 min
Jul 29, 3:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWyandot58 min
Jul 29, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot58 min
Jul 29, 3:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESeneca3 hr
Jul 29, 3:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWyandot2 hr

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.