Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1993, 5:10 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 1993, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 1993, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cuyahoga County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1823 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 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 202110 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC035-202215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
510 PM EDT TUE APR 20 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF OHIO
CUYAHOGA
AT 5 PM CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EXTREME EASTERN LORAIN COUNTY NEAR THE CITIES OF NORTH RIDGEVILLE
AND ELYRIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL
MOVE INTO CUYAHOGA COUNTY BY 515 PM
THIS STORM PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT CAUSED SOME WINDS
DAMAGE. SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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 ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
WCRWhat 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 20, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-202100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 325 PM EDT TUE APR 20 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 7 PM EDT. AT 325 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE MAUMEE RIVER. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA-SIZE HAIL. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY AND NEAR FOSTORIA...ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF TOLEDO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO LAKE ERIE AROUND 430 PM. THOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THROUGH 325 PM... KEEP IN MIND THAT A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. < MURPHY
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 3:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
OHZALL-202030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 330 PM EDT TUE APR 20 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. AT 315 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF CONNEAUT OVER LAKE ERIE SOUTHWEST TO LORAIN TO NEAR LIMA. THERE WAS ALSO A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MANSFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE ONSHORE FROM THE CLEVELAND AREA EAST BY 5PM. THERE WAS ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST OHIO FROM NEAR DAYTON TO ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. 8THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS...IN OHIO WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH WERE REPORTED NEAR OXFORD IN SOUTHWEST OHIO AROUND 3 PM. WCR
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 3:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
OHZALL-202100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 400 PM EDT TUE APR 20 1993 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 152 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. ...NORTHWEST... DEFIANCE FULTON HENRY LUCAS PAULDING WILLIAMS THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... DEFI\ANCE AND TOLEDO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REAMINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHCENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 7PM. WCR
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
OHZALL-202100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 400 PM EDT TUE APR 20 1993 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 152 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. ...NORTHWEST... DEFIANCE FULTON HENRY LUCAS PAULDING WILLIAMS THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... DEFIANCE AND TOLEDO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REAMINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHCENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 7PM. WCR
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 4:28 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
OHZALL-202130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 430 PM EDT TUE APR 20 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTH- CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 700 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN OHIO WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF CLEVELAND...AND OVER LAKE ERIE JUST NORTHEAST OF SANDUSKY. THERE WERE OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NORTHERN OHIO AND OVER LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF ASHTABULA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THERE WAS ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST OHIO FROM NEAR DAYTON TO SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS...IN OHIO WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH HAVE OCCURRED. THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. WCR NNN
Special weather statement, Apr 20, 5:04 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
OHZ002-003-202230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 500 PM EDT TUE APR 20 1993 A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL WAS OVER NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY AT 500 PM. AT 500 PM CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY NEAR THE CITIES OF AMHERST AND LORAIN. A HAM RADIO OPERATORS IN THE CITY OF AMHERST AND ELYRIA REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AROUND 500 PM. 50 MPH WINDS WERE ALSO REPORTED NEAR ELYRIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORMS SHOULD MOVE OUT OVER LAKE ERIE BY 600 PM. RADAR ALSO SHOWED OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO. THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...LARGE HAIL AND WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MPH...PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED. WCR NNN
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.