Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1996, 11:32 AM EDT for Portage County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 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
- Aug 8, 1996, 11:32 AM EDT (15:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1996, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Portage County, OH, Trumbull County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 12:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Champion, OH | |
| Aug 8, 12:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Newton Falls, 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 859 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 081531 SVRCLE OHC133-155-081630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1132 AM EDT THU AUG 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...PORTAGE COUNTY...TRUMBULL COUNTY AT 1125 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SMALL CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY EXTENDING ACROSS PORTAGE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE NEWLY DEVELOPED AND MOVING GENERALLY EASTWARD AT 30 MPH...AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND DOWNPOURS HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING. 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. 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 MOV6E TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. END/COMEAUX/WILLARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 11:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 69 min |
| Aug 8, 12:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Trumbull | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 1:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Stark | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 64 min |
| Aug 8, 4:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Morrow | 66 min |
| Aug 8, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 68 min |
| Aug 8, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wayne | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 7:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Summit | 2 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.