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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 30, 1996Henry County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1996, 8:06 AM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 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 30, 1996, 8:06 AM EDT (12:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1996, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Henry County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 30, 8:30 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Holgate, 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 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1996-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1996-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 301206
SVRCLE
OHC069-301300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
806 AM EDT TUE JUL 30 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...HENRY COUNTY
 
AT 803 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DEFIANCE.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR
THE FOLLOWING TOWNS: STANDELY...MALINTA AND MCCLURE BY 830 AM.
 
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.
 
 
LAPLANTE

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, Jul 30, 6:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
OHZ010>014-020>023-030>033-038-PAZ001>003-311200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
637 AM EDT TUE JUL 30 1996

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS TODAY INTO TONIGHT ACROSS
NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NORTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN WILL
MOVE TO NORTHERN LAKE HURON BY EARLY TONIGHT.  A COLD FRONT EXTENDING
SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THIS LOW WILL APPROACH OHIO TODAY...REACHING THE
OHIO/PENNSYLVANIA BORDER EARLY TONIGHT.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN OHIO WILL MOVE EAST INTO NORTHEAST
OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON.  MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR
ACROSS OHIO AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE
STORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL NEWS SOURCES FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.  PLEASE REPORT ANY OCCURRENCE OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 8:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock63 min
Jul 30, 10:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky46 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.