Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Apr 12, 1996, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)

Expired

Apr 12, 1996, 7:30 PM EDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Richland County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KCLE 122230
SVRCLE
OHC005-035-103-139-122330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
628 PM EDT FRI APR 12 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ASHLAND COUNTY...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY
   ...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
A LINE OF STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS EXTENDED FROM EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
LORAIN COUNTY TO SOUTHERN HURON COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. MANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM
LORAIN AND HURON COUNTIES.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WIN8DOWS.
 
 
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.