Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 1996, 6:01 PM EDT for Erie County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 1996, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 1996, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Erie County, OH, Sandusky County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 6:12 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Countywide, OH |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 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 122204 TORCLE OHC043-143-122300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 601 PM EDT FRI APR 12 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...ERIE COUNTY...SANDUSKY COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF PORT CLINTON TO NORTHWEST SANDUSKY COUNTY IS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Wood | 51 min |
| Apr 12, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 64 min |
| Apr 12, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Cuyahoga, Medina | 62 min |
| Apr 12, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 62 min |
| Apr 12, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 26 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.