Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 1996, 8:13 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1996, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mahoning County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 110013 SVRCLE OHC099-110100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 813 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...MAHONING COUNTY AT 810 PM CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST PORTAGE COUNTY NEAR DEERFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE BERLIN CENTER...BOARDMAN AND POLAND. 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. JOLLY/RINGO
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, 4 hours 36 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, 4 hours 29 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.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:51 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
PAZ002-003-520-102355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 351 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES ERIE AND CRAWFORD IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA 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 WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUE FOR THE COUNTIES OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA 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. REMEMBER...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.
Special weather statement, May 10, 6:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
OHZ010>014-019>023-027-029>033-036>038-047-523>526-PAZ001>003- 520-110240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 637 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES WYANDOT...CRAWFORD... MARION IN OHIO AND FOR THE COUNTIES OF CRAWFORD AND ERIE IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL LAKESHORE...EAST LAKESHORE...CENTRAL HIGHLAND...AND NORTHEAST INLAND OHIO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSE WIDE SPREAD SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY NFLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, May 10, 7:23 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
OHZ010>014-019>023-027-029>033-036>038-047-523>526-PAZ001>003- 520-110240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 723 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES WYANDOT...CRAWFORD... MARION IN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL LAKESHORE...EAST LAKESHORE...CENTRAL HIGHLAND...AND NORTHEAST INLAND OHIO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED WIDE SPREAD SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. WSF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark | 41 min |
| May 11, 6:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Morrow, Richland | 3 hr |
| May 11, 6:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 11, 7:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 3 hr |
| May 11, 8:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Mahoning, Stark | 3 hr |
| May 11, 8:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox | 3 hr |
| May 11, 9:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Morrow, Richland | 2 hr |
| May 11, 9:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Wayne | 2 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.