Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1993, 7:37 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 1993, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 1993, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
OHZ004-007-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 557 PM EDT WED. JUL 28 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. RADAR AT 555 PM INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST COSHOCTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF COSHOCTON ABOUT 630 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 45 MPH AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. FARTHER WEST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WESTERN END OF LAKE ERIE SOUTHWEST INTO THE DAYTON AREA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT OHIO'S EASTERN COUNTIES A LITTLE LATER THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. RLB
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
OHZ004-007-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 557 PM EDT WED. JUL 28 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. RADAR AT 555 PM INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST COSHOCTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF COSHOCTON ABOUT 630 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 45 MPH AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. FARTHER WEST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WESTERN END OF LAKE ERIE SOUTHWEST INTO THE DAYTON AREA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT OHIO'S EASTERN COUNTIES A LITTLE LATER THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. RLB
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:00 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
OHZ011-006-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 700 PM EDT WED JUL 28 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO... AT 655 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND WYANDOT COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE WYANDOT SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THE STORM MOVED ACROSS THAT COUNTY. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF BUCYRUS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 710 PM. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DOXEY NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:00 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
OHZ011-006-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 700 PM EDT WED JUL 28 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO... AT 655 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND WYANDOT COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE WYANDOT SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THE STORM MOVED ACROSS THAT COUNTY. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF BUCYRUS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 710 PM. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DOXEY < NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:04 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
OHZ004-007-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 704 PM EDT WED. JUL 28 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. RADAR AT 655 PM INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF GENEVA IN ASTABULA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DAYTON. THE STONGEST STORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR CLEVELAND. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE INDICATED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FINDLAY AND ALSO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF YOUNGSTOWN AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COSHOCTON. ALL WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THOSE STORMS ALONG THE LAKESHORE COULD BRUSH THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. WE ARE WATCHING THIS AREA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THAT MAY BECOME NECESSARY. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. RLB
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:04 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
OHZ004-007-290000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 704 PM EDT WED. JUL 28 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. RADAR AT 655 PM INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF GENEVA IN ASTABULA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DAYTON. THE STONGEST STORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR CLEVELAND. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE INDICATED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FINDLAY AND ALSO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF YOUNGSTOWN AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COSHOCTON. ALL WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THOSE STORMS ALONG THE LAKESHORE COULD BRUSH THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. WE ARE WATCHING THIS AREA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THAT MAY BECOME NECESSARY. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACEB OF SAFETY. RLB
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, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 48 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, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lawrence | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Venango, Warren | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Elk, Forest | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 53 min |
| Jul 28, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mercer | 49 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.