Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1993, 4:27 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1993, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1993, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ottawa County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTOL 282029 SVRCLE OHC123-282115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 427 PM EDT WED JUL 28 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...OTTAWA COUNTY AT 425 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY. CLAY CENTER...23 MILES WEST OF PORT CLINTON AND WILLISTON...22 MILES WEST OF PORT CLINTON...ARE TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MURPHY
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, Jul 28, 3:41 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PAZ002-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 341 PM EDT WED JUL 28 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... RADAR AT 335 PM SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE STORNGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRESENTLY LOCATED JUST NORTH OF MEADVILLE PENNSYLVANIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN OHIO AREA. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE NELWY FORMED DURING THE PAST HOUR. FREQUENT/DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH... SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATINING WEATHER APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WSO/ERIE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:43 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND THE AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 343 PM EDT WED JUL 28 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST... WEST CENTRAL...AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA AND TOLEDO. AT 340 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN... NORTHWEST OHIO...AND INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE WATCH AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE THE RESULT OF A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO HOT AND HUMID AIR WHICH WAS SITUATED ACROSS OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ACROSS OHIO THIS AFTERNOON WERE IN THE 90S. MANSFIELD AND YOUNGSTOWN HAVE ALREADY ECLIPSED THEIR RECORD HIGHS FOR TODAY OF 91 AND 93 DEGREES RESPECTIVELY. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE OVERNIGHT...IT WILL TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE...AND WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED BY COOLER AND DRIER AIR. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL KEEP A THREAT OF SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER THE STATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE 65 TO 70. HIGHS THURSDAY WILL BE FROM THE UPPER 70S NORTH TO THE UPPER 80S SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO AROUND 60 THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL ONLY REACH THE LOWER 70S TO LOWER 80S ON FRIDAY. ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAP...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN... CENTRAL INDIANA...AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF OHIO BY THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR. GERARD
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:47 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PAZ002-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 341 PM EDT WED JUL 28 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... RADAR AT 335 PM SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE STORNGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRESENTLY LOCATED JUST NORTH OF MEADVILLE PENNSYLVANIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN OHIO AREA. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE NELWY FORMED DURING THE PAST HOUR. FREQUENT/DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH... SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATINING WEATHER APPROACHES AND STAY TUNED TO RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WSO/ERIE
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:17 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 417 PM EDT WED JUL 28 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 415 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORM IN EXTREME SOUTHERN MAHONING COUNTY AND EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF SALEM...LISBON AND INTO EAST PALESTINE BY 430 PM. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:17 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 417 PM EDT WED JUL 28 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 415 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORM IN EXTREME SOUTHERN MAHONING COUNTY AND EXTENDING INTO NORTHERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF SALEM...LISBON AND INTO EAST PALESTINE BY 430 PM. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MITCHELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 54 min |
| Jul 28, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 69 min |
| Jul 28, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 58 min |
| Jul 28, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 57 min |
| Jul 28, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.