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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 12, 1996Crawford County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 1996, 4:16 AM EDT for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 12, 1996, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 1996, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 137 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 00:00Z on 1996-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 120815
SVRCLE
OHC033-120845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
416 AM EDT THU SEP 12 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
AT 415 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE BUCYRUS. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT SULPHER SPRINGS AND NORTH ROBINSON BY 430 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 11, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie40 min
Sep 12, 5:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga38 min
Sep 12, 5:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga35 min
Sep 12, 6:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage30 min
Sep 12, 7:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.