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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 7, 1996Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 7:42 PM EST for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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, 7:42 PM EST (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 8:45 PM EST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 7, 8:00 PM ESTThunderstorm WindBoardman, 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1996-11-08Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1996-11-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 497 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
497 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
539 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 080044
SVRCLE
OHC099-155-080145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
742 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...MAHONING COUNTY...TRUMBULL COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES. THESE
STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH...AND WILL PASS NEAR THE CITIES
OF NEWTON FALLS AND WARREN IN TRUMBULL COUNTY...AND CANFIELD AND
YOUNGSTOWN IN MAHONING 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.
 
END/COMEAUX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 7:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake60 min
Nov 7, 7:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark64 min
Nov 7, 7:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage60 min
Nov 7, 7:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula66 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.