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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1996, 3:44 PM EDT for Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1996, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morrow County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1325 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 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 101945 SVRCLE OHC117-102030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 344 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...MORROW COUNTY AT 344 PM...CLEVELAND WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF CHESTERVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES ALONG INTERSTATE 71 NORTH OF CHESTERVILLE. 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. SOME SEVERE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
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 10, 3:37 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
OHZ020-027-036-102340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 336 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES WYANDOT...CRAWFORD... MARION UNTIL 800 PM EDT... WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF AND A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST INTO OHIO HAS THE CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. THEREFORE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN ISSUE FOR THE COUNTIES OF WYANDOT... CRAWFORD...AND MARION UNTIL 8 PM EDT. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMnS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
OHZ020-027-036-102345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 344 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES WYANDOT...CRAWFORD... MARION UNTIL 900 PM EDT... WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF AND A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST INTO OHIO HAS THE CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. THEREFORE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN ISSUE FOR THE COUNTIES OF WYANDOT... CRAWFORD...AND MARION UNTIL 9 PM EDT. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
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, 1:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 49 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, 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.