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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 8, 1996Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1996, 1:11 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 8, 1996, 1:11 PM EDT (17:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1996, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 8, 1:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindCountywide, 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 258 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 1996-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1387 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 1996-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 081710
SVRCLE
OHC151-081800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
111 PM EDT THU AUG 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...STARK COUNTY
 
AT 105 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY TO WESTERN STARK
COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL
AFFECT THE TOWNS OF ALLINACE AND LEXINGTON BY 130 PM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BJY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
JOLLY/WOODWORTH

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, Aug 8, 1:03 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
OHZ010>014-019>023-028>033-037-038-047-PAZ001>003-081955-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
101 PM EDT THU AUG 8 1996

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL...  NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNYSLVANIA UNTIL 6PM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGAING WINDS... HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 1PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE NEAR THE ISLANDS OF WESTERN LAKE ERIE. OTHER STRONGER
STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR ERIE PENNYSLVANIA TO CANTON OHIO. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

AT 1240 A REPORT OF ONE FOOT DIAMETER TREE AND NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN
IN NEWTON FALLS OHIO IN TRUMBULL COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MAHONING... STARK
COUNTIES IN OHIO AND ERIE COUNTY IN PENNYSLVANIA UNTIL 115 THIS
AFTERNOON AND UNTIL 130 PM PORTAGE AND TRUMBULL COUNTIES IN OHIO AND
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN PENNYSLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALSO IN
EFFECT FOR ASHTABULA COUNTY.

PERSONS IN CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP UPDATE ON WEATHER BY
LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS.

THOMPSON

        4 *** THIS SPACE FOR ADDITONAL INFORMATION ***

END/LAST NAME
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 1:08 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
OHZ010>014-019>023-028>033-037-038-047-PAZ001>003-081955-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
101 PM EDT THU AUG 8 1996

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL...  NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNYSLVANIA UNTIL 6PM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGAING WINDS... HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 1PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE NEAR THE ISLANDS OF WESTERN LAKE ERIE. OTHER STRONGER
STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR ERIE PENNYSLVANIA TO CANTON OHIO. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

AT 1240 A REPORT OF ONE FOOT DIAMETER TREE AND NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN
IN NEWTON FALLS OHIO IN TRUMBULL COUNTY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MAHONING... STARK
COUNTIES IN OHIO AND ERIE COUNTY IN PENNYSLVANIA UNTIL 115 THIS
AFTERNOON AND UNTIL 130 PM PORTAGE AND TRUMBULL COUNTIES IN OHIO AND
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN PENNYSLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALSO IN
EFFECT FOR ASHTABULA COUNTY.

PERSONS IN CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP UPDATE ON WEATHER BY
LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS.

THOMPSON

...CORDRECTION TO DELETE EXTRA WORDING...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 11:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull58 min
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, 1:18 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

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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.