Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1996, 8:57 AM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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, 8:57 AM EDT (12:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1996, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 9:30 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Fostoria, 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, 1.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 627 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 301259 SVRCLE OHC063-301400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 857 AM EDT TUE JUL 30 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...HANCOCK COUNTY AT 855 AM RADAR INDICATED A VERY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR OTTAWA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH BENTON RIDGE... MOUNT CORY AND FINDLAY BY 10 AM. LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE 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. 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, 2 hours 25 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 54 min |
| Jul 30, 10:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 46 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.