Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1993, 12:27 AM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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 16, 1993, 12:27 AM EDT (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1993, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbiana County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:30 AM EDT | Tornado F0 | Lacroft, OH | Two mobile homes were blown off their foundations. Dozens of evergreens were uprooted or snapped in half. Roof damage was reported to 5 homes. |
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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 2593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 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 KYNG 160428 SVRYNG OHC029-160515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 1227 AM EDT FRI APR 16 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY AT 1230 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF SALEM SOUTHEAST TO NEAR WELLSVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE RAPIDLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL COLUMBIANA COUNTY BY 1245 AM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVEV 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. MITCHELL
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, Apr 15, 6:43 PM EDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
OHZ001-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 642 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES...FULTON...LUCAS...HENRY...WOOD...HANCOCK AND PUTNAM COUNTIES. AT 640 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST PUTNAM COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BY 730 PM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM TOLEDO SOUTH TO FINDLAY. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHWEST OHIO. HOWEVER...THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS EVENING. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 8:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
OHZALL-160100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 758 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT TONIGHT. SOME CITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CINCINNATI...DAYTON... FINDLAY...LIMA...SPRINGFIELD AND TOLEDO. AT 745 PM EDT THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR TOLEDO TO FINDLAY TO LIMA TO DAYTON TO NEAR CINCINNATI. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH. FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED AROUND 720 PM IN ROSS...WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI. IN ADDITION...ONE-QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN DAYTON AROUND 740 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 30 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. HOVIS
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
OHZALL-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1005 PM EDT THU APR 15 1993 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN OHIO THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A FLOOD WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO OVERNIGHT... STORMY WEATHER AFFECTED THE WESTERN THIRD OF OHIO EARLY THIS EVENING PROMPTING A TORNADO WATCH TO BE ISSUED. AT 10PM THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO WAS CANCELLED. AFTER RECORD-BREAKING WARMTH PUSHED INTO OHIO TODAY BEHIND A WARM FRONT STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BROKE OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EARLIER THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE SEVERE STORMS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CAUSING DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...SPECIFICALLY BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. SOME OF THE STORMS HAD PRODUCED LOCALIZED RAINFALL IN THE ONE TO 2 INCH RANGE...CAUSING SOME FLASH FLOODING ALSO IN BUTLER COUNTY. WITH RAIN COVERING MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. WITH THE GROUND SATURATED AND THE RAIN CAUSING RUNOFF...MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE STATE UNTIL THE RAIN ENDS WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EARLY FRIDAY. AS A RESULT OF THESE STORMS A FLOOD WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE STATE TIL FRIDAY MORNING. RECORDS HIGHS WERE TIED AT YOUNGSTOWN AND AKRON-CANTON THIS AFTERNOON... AKRON-CANTON AT 79 DEGREES AND YOUNGSTOWN AT 81 DEGREE. OLD RECORDS FOR BOTH LOCATIONS WERE SET IN 1976. THE MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE OHIO WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. BRISK WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL PRECEDE AND THEN ACCOMPANY SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MOST OF THE WESTERN HALF OF OHIO BY DAYBREAK AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE QUITE NUMEROUS WITH IT. SOME OF THEM COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH WINDS...HAIL OR HEAVY RAINS IN SOUTHERN OHIO. TEMPERATURES WILL DIP DOWN INTO THE 40'S IN WESTERN OHIO AND THE MID 50'S IN EASTERN OHIO OVERNIGHT. THE COLDER WEATHER WILL STAY AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS ONLY EXPECTED TO REACH THE 40'S TO LOWER 50'S. ON THE EVENING WEATHER MAP...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN EXTENDED A WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN MICHIGAN THEN CURVED DOWN ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA. A COLD FRONT CURVED SOUTH FROM THE LOW ACROSS TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA. THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTH INTO MICHIGAN BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTH TOWARD NEW ENGLAND WHILE THE COLD FRONT CROSSES OHIO AND REACHES THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY FRIDAY EVENING. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ACROSS OHIO FRIDAY NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO OHIO FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING SATURDAY. SEM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:36 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark | 69 min |
| Apr 16, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.