Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 29, 1996, 10:39 PM EST for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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
- Oct 29, 1996, 10:39 PM EST (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 1996, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lucas County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 11:25 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Whitehouse, 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 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 300341 RRA SVRCLE OHC095-300415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1039 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...LUCAS COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 1038 PM EST...CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF NEAPOLIS IN SOUTHWEST LUCAS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. THE CITY OF TOLEDO IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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. BARJENBRUCDH
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, Oct 29, 9:30 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-300800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 930 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST OHIO AND FOR PART OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 2 AM. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM ERIE...HURON...RICHLAND AND KNOX COUNTIES WESTWARD INCLUDING ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE WAUSEON...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...FINDLAY...FREMONT...TIFFIN...UPPER SANDUSKY...BUCYRUS... MANSFIELD...NORWALK...AND SANDUSKY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO OVERNIGHT AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE EVEN IN AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE A THUNDERSTORM SINCE SOME OF THE SHOWERS WILL ALSO CONTAIN STRONG WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH NORTHWEST OHIO BY 11 PM...THE TOLEDO AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND THE SANDUSKY...NORWALK... BUCYRUS AND MANSFIELD AREAS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 2 AM. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS TONIGHT. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING HIGH WINDS IS IN THE BASEMENT OR ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. AVOID WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS BEING GENERATED BY A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS NORTHERN OHIO TONIGHT. BARJENBRUCH/KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Oct 29, 9:35 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-300800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 930 PM EST TUE OCT 29 1996 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST OHIO AND FOR PART OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 2 AM. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM ERIE...HURON...RICHLAND AND KNOX COUNTIES WESTWARD INCLUDING ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE WAUSEON...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...FINDLAY...FREMONT...TIFFIN...UPPER SANDUSKY...BUCYRUS... MANSFIELD...NORWALK...AND SANDUSKY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO OVERNIGHT AND WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE EVEN IN AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE A THUNDERSTORM SINCE SOME OF THE SHOWERS WILL ALSO CONTAIN STRONG WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH NORTHWEST OHIO BY 11 PM...THE TOLEDO AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND THE SANDUSKY...NORWALK... BUCYRUS AND MANSFIELD AREAS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 2 AM. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS TONIGHT. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING HIGH WINDS IS IN THE BASEMENT OR ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. AVOID WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS BEING GENERATED BY A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT THAT WILL CROSS NORTHERN OHIO TONIGHT. BARJENBRUCH/KOSARIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 11:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton, Henry | 50 min |
| Oct 29, 11:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 49 min |
| Oct 30, 12:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 40 min |
| Oct 30, 12:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 48 min |
| Oct 30, 12:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 45 min |
| Oct 30, 12:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 54 min |
| Oct 30, 12:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 59 min |
| Oct 30, 1:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 42 min |
| Oct 30, 1:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 45 min |
| Oct 30, 1:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 56 min |
| Oct 30, 1:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 44 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.