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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 2, 1993Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1993, 3:43 AM EDT for Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 1993, 3:43 AM EDT (07:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1993, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wyandot County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1993-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1515 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1993-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1515 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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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, Aug 2, 12:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
OHZ001-020530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
1245 AM EDT MON AUG 2 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH FULTON AND HENRY COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST OHIO.

AT 1243 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST FULTON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST HENRY
COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR RIDGEVILLE CORNERS...7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NAPOLEON...IN HENRY COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS
EXTENDED FROM WAUSEON IN FULTON COUNTY TO NAPOLEON IN HENRY COUNTY.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR DELTA...7 MILES
EAST OF WAUSEON AND LIBERTY CENTER...7 MILES NORTHEAST OF NAPOLEON...BY
1 AM EDT.

THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 20 MPH AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

HUGHES

CORRECTED SECOND PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
OHZ001-020530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
1245 AM EDT MON AUG 2 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH FULTON AND HENRY COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST OHIO.

AT 1243 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST FULTON COUNTY AND NORTHWEST HENRY
COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR RIDGEVILLE CORNERS...7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NAPOLEON...IN HENRY COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS
EXTENDED FROM WAUSEON IN FULTON COUNTY TO NAPOLEON IN HENRY COUNTY.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR DELTA...7 MILES
EAST OF WAUSEON AND LIBERTY CENTER...7 MILES NORTHEAST OF NAPOLEON...BY
1 AM EDT.

THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 20 MPH AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

HUGHES

CORRECTED SECOND PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:13 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
OHZ001-002-020700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
213 AM EDT MON AUG 2 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENRY AND WOOD HAS EXPIRED.

AT 211 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SCATTERED TNUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHWEST OHIO. ONE AREA WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY AND
ANOTHER AREA WAS IN NORTHEAST HENRY COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LUCAS COUNTY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR AND
SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY 3 AM.

HUGHES

CORRECTED TO REMOVE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL AT THE END OF THE STATEMENT
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:14 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
OHZ001-002-020700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
213 AM EDT MON AUG 2 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENRY AND WOOD HAS EXPIRED.

AT 211 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SCATTERED TNUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHWEST OHIO. ONE AREA WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY AND
ANOTHER AREA WAS IN NORTHEAST HENRY COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LUCAS COUNTY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR AND
SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY 3 AM.

HUGHES

HUGHES

CORRECTED SECOND PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
OHZ001-002-020700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
213 AM EDT MON AUG 2 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENRY AND WOOD HAS EXPIRED.

AT 211 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SCATTERED TNUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHWEST OHIO. ONE AREA WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY AND
ANOTHER AREA WAS IN NORTHEAST HENRY COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LUCAS COUNTY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR AND
SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY 3 AM.

HUGHES

CORRECTED TO REMOVE EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL AT THE END OF THE STATEMENT
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
OHZ001-002-020700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
213 AM EDT MON AUG 2 1993

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENRY AND WOOD COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED.

AT 211 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. ONE AREA WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY AND
ANOTHER AREA WAS IN NORTHEAST HENRY COUNTY AND SOUTHERN LUCAS COUNTY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR AND
SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY 3 AM.

HUGHES

CORRECTED SEVERAL TYPOS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 1:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry, Wood52 min
Aug 2, 4:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron32 min
Aug 2, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana46 min
Aug 2, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELawrence49 min
Aug 2, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEVenango59 min
Aug 2, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWarren55 min

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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.