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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 10, 1996Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1996, 1:11 AM EDT for Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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: May 10, 1996, 1:11 AM EDT (05:11 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 1996, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 100512
SVRCLE
OHC139-100600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
111 AM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 110 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY...JUST EAST
OF LEXINGTON.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE DOWNPOURS HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE
FLOODING.
 
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.
 
END/COMEAUX

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, May 9, 10:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-100400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1150 PM EDT THU MAY 9 1996

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

THE AREA INCLUDES WEST OF A TOLEDO TO FINDLAY LINE.

THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST AND NORTH OF THE REGION.
THEREFORE...THE  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SEM

Special weather statement, May 9, 10:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-100400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1150 PM EDT THU MAY 9 1996

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

THE AREA INCLUDES WEST OF A TOLEDO TO FINDLAY LINE.

THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST AND NORTH OF THE REGION.
THEREFORE...THE  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SEM
...CORRECTED FOR ISSUING OFFICE...

Special weather statement, May 9, 11:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-100500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1155 PM EDT THU MAY 9 1996

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

THE AREA INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO WEST OF A CLEVELAND TO MANSFIELD
LINE.

THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST AND NORTH OF THE REGION.
THEREFORE...THE  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
FROM THE WEST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES AND FOR
FUTURE STATEMNTS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER.
SEM

Local storm report, May 10, 12:45 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1245 AM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

730 PM     INTERSTATE 79 & 6N      PA     .75 INCH HAIL
5/9/96     ERIE

730 PM     SPRINGFIELD TWP         PA     3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 45 MIN
5/9/96     ERIE

759 PM     PLATEA                  PA     2.5 INCHES OR RAIN IN 30 MIN
5/9/96     ERIE

811 PM     WHITEHOUSE              OH     FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTNING
5/9/96     LUCAS

821 PM     S OF CRANESVILLE        PA     3.12 INCHES OF RAIN
5/9/96     ERIE                           IN 1 HOUR

824 PM     W OF WHITEHOUSE         OH     TREES DOWN
5/9/96     LUCAS

815 PM     TOWNVILLE               PA     1 INCH HAIL
5/9/96     CRAWFORD

845 PM     OAK HARBOR              OH     FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTNING
5/9/96     OTTAWA

858 PM     STATE ROUTE 295         OH     WIND DAMAGE
5/9/96     LUCAS                          TREES DOWN

800 PM     ERIE                    PA     FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS
5/9/96     ERIE

740 PM     RIDGEVILLE CORNERS      OH     POWER POLES AND TREES DOWN
5/9/96     HENRY                          ROOF DAMAGE
     *                                     SIDE OF BARN MOVED 24 FEET

END/JOLLY/COMEAUX

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	36 min
May 9, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa	44 min
May 9, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky	41 min
May 10, 1:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Stark	2 hr
May 10, 1:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Wayne	2 hr
May 10, 1:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland	65 min
May 10, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow	46 min
May 10, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga	48 min
May 10, 4:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	2 hr
May 10, 5:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	2 hr
May 10, 5:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Wyandot	2 hr
May 10, 6:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	2 hr
May 10, 7:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Wayne	26 min
May 10, 7:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Huron	2 hr
May 10, 7:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit	2 hr
May 10, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	43 min
May 10, 7:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Summit	39 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.