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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 7, 1996Erie County, Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 5:18 PM EST for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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
Nov 7, 1996, 5:18 PM EST (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 6:15 PM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 7, 6:10 PM ESTThunderstorm WindMonroeville, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 1996-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
292 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 072220 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC043-077-072315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
518 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY...HURON COUNTY
 
AT 515 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF HURON COUNTY. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR THE CITIES OF
NORWALK AND WILLARD IN HURON COUNTY AND SANDUSKY AND HURON CITIES
IN ERIE COUNTY.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 5:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland62 min
Nov 7, 5:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain62 min
Nov 7, 5:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox68 min
Nov 7, 6:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina63 min
Nov 7, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes61 min
Nov 7, 6:37 PM ESTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga68 min
Nov 7, 6:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne62 min
Nov 7, 6:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit63 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.