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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 10, 1996Morrow County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood36 min
May 9, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa44 min
May 9, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky41 min
May 10, 1:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland49 min
May 10, 1:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning, Stark2 hr
May 10, 1:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWayne2 hr
May 10, 1:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland65 min
May 10, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga48 min
May 10, 4:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula2 hr
May 10, 5:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock2 hr
May 10, 5:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWyandot2 hr
May 10, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula2 hr
May 10, 7:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne26 min
May 10, 7:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron2 hr
May 10, 7:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina, Summit2 hr
May 10, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes43 min
May 10, 7:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit39 min

Nearby

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

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.