Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1993, 4:13 AM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1993, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1993, 4:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huron County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCLE 020813 RRA SVRCLE OHC077-020845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 413 AM EDT MON AUG 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...HURON COUNTY AT 410 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN HURON COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE TOWN OF WILLARD BY 420 AM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL WHICH THAT COVERED THE GROUND IN NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. &
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, 3 hours 28 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, 3 hours 22 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, 2 hours 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 59 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 57 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 53 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry, Wood | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 3:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.