Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Apr 12, 1996, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)

Expired

Apr 12, 1996, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Wood County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KCLE 122112
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OHC095-123-173-122200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
509 PM EDT FRI APR 12 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...LUCAS COUNTY...OTTAWA COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS DETECTING A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL LUCAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM HAS
PRODUCED THREE-QUARTER INCH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
 
 
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.
 
 
MILLER

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
335 PM EDT FRI APR 12 1996

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT THE NORTHWEST QUARTER
OF THE STATE UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING.

LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WAS DRAWING VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR
NORTH THROUGH THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. THIS
WAS AIDING IN THE DEVELOPEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF
ILLINOIS...NORTHERN INDIANA AND MICHIGAN.

AT 330 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE EXTREME
NORTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
PRODUCE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STORM(S COULD
DEVELOP FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

VRCEK

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.