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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 8, 1996Portage County, Trumbull County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 8, 12:00 PM EDTThunderstorm WindChampion, OH
Aug 8, 12:40 PM EDTThunderstorm WindNewton 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1996-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 859 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 1996-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 11:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga36 min
Aug 8, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Stark69 min
Aug 8, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull57 min
Aug 8, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula45 min
Aug 8, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark49 min
Aug 8, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit27 min
Aug 8, 1:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark2 hr
Aug 8, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage64 min
Aug 8, 4:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMorrow66 min
Aug 8, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes68 min
Aug 8, 4:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne34 min
Aug 8, 5:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne2 hr
Aug 8, 6:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne3 hr
Aug 8, 7:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESummit2 hr

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.