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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 7, 1993Monroe County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1993, 9:53 PM EDT for Monroe County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1993, 9:53 PM EDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1993, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1993-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1993-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KCAK 080154
SVRCLE
OHC111-080300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
953 PM EDT MON JUN 7 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 950 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME
NORTHEAST NOBLE COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
ALTO

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, Jun 7, 7:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
OHZ002-003-011-080130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
725 PM EDT MON JUN 7 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO THIS
EVENING.

AT 720 PM...CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO. SOME STORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE AROUND FINDLAY. THE BACK EDGE OF THE
MAIN BODY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD JUST ENTERED NORTHWEST OHIO.
THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MPH.

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL FALL OVER A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN OHIO BY 9
PM. NEARLY ONE-HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL AT CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT IN
ONE HOUR. MANY COUNTIES IN NORTHERN OHIO WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE-HALF
AND ONE INCH OF RAIN THIS EVENING.

SOME PONDING OF WATER OR BRIEF STREET FLOODING COULD OCCUR WHERE THE
HEAVY RAIN FALLS. IN ADDITION...SOME STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH
COULD OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS BY 800 PM TO THE WEST OF
MANSFIELD...ESPECIALLY OVER CRAWFORD COUNTY.

THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD END OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO BY 900 PM AND OVER THE
EAST LAKESHORE BY 1000 PM. SOME ADDITIONAL RAIN IS LIKELY AGAIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
OHZ002-003-011-080130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
725 PM EDT MON JUN 7 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO THIS
EVENING.

AT 720 PM...CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO. SOME STORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE AROUND FINDLAY. THE BACK EDGE OF THE
MAIN BODY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD JUST ENTERED NORTHWEST OHIO.
THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MPH.

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL FALL OVER A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN OHIO BY 9
PM. NEARLY ONE-HALF INCH OF RAIN FELL AT CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT IN
ONE HOUR. MANY COUNTIES IN NORTHERN OHIO WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE-HALF
AND ONE INCH OF RAIN THIS EVENING.

SOME PONDING OF WATER OR BRIEF STREET FLOODING COULD OCCUR WHERE THE
HEAVY RAIN FALLS. IN ADDITION...SOME STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH
COULD OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS BY 800 PM TO THE WEST OF
MANSFIELD...ESPECIALLY OVER CRAWFORD COUNTY.

THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD END OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO BY 900 PM AND OVER THE
EAST LAKESHORE BY 1000 PM. SOME ADDITIONAL RAIN IS LIKELY AGAIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:26 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
OHZALL-080300-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
928 PM EDT MON JUN 7 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR MOST OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CANTON...STEUBENVILLE...
CAMBRIDGE...ATHENS...AND MARIETTA.

AT 925 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO. A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM TUSCARAWAS COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF CANTON...EAST INTO CARROLL COUNTY
AND WEST THROUGH COSHOCTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AROUND 45 MPH.

THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORMS INTO THE EAST CENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES
OF JEFFERSON...HARRISON AND GUERNSEY BY 1030 PM AND INTO BELMONT AND
NOBLE COUNTIES BY 1100 PM.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
EAST CENTRAL OHIO. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:28 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
OHZALL-080300-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
928 PM EDT MON JUN 7 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR MOST OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CANTON...STEUBENVILLE...
CAMBRIDGE...ATHENS...AND MARIETTA.

AT 925 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO. A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM TUSCARAWAS COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF CANTON...EAST INTO CARROLL COUNTY
AND WEST THROUGH COSHOCTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AROUND 45 MPH.

THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORMS INTO THE EAST CENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES
OF JEFFERSON...HARRISON AND GUERNSEY BY 1030 PM AND INTO BELMONT AND
NOBLE COUNTIES BY 1100 PM.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
EAST CENTRAL OHIO. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:29 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
OHZALL-080300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
929 PM EDT MON JUN 7 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR MOST OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CANTON...STEUBENVILLE...
CAMBRIDGE...ATHENS...AND MARIETTA.

AT 925 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO. A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM TUSCARAWAS COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF CANTON...EAST INTO CARROLL COUNTY
AND WEST THROUGH COSHOCTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AROUND 45 MPH.

THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORMS INTO THE EAST CENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES
OF JEFFERSON...HARRISON AND GUERNSEY BY 1030 PM AND INTO BELMONT AND
NOBLE COUNTIES BY 1100 PM.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
EAST CENTRAL OHIO. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

GABRIC

CHANGE NAME OF STATEMENT TO "SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT"
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:30 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
OHZALL-080300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
929 PM EDT MON JUN 7 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR MOST OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CANTON...STEUBENVILLE...
CAMBRIDGE...ATHENS...AND MARIETTA.

AT 925 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO. A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM TUSCARAWAS COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF CANTON...EAST INTO CARROLL COUNTY
AND WEST THROUGH COSHOCTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AROUND 45 MPH.

THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORMS INTO THE EAST CENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES
OF JEFFERSON...HARRISON AND GUERNSEY BY 1030 PM AND INTO BELMONT AND
NOBLE COUNTIES BY 1100 PM.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
EAST CENTRAL OHIO. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

GABRIC

CHANGE NAME OF STATEMENT TO "SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT"

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Wayne65 min
Jun 7, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEBelmont, Harrison, Jefferson65 min
Jun 8, 12:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne60 min
Jun 8, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull64 min
Jun 8, 3:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga65 min
Jun 8, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton, Tuscarawas57 min
Jun 8, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHarrison, Jefferson59 min
Jun 8, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam56 min
Jun 8, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock47 min
Jun 8, 4:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPutnam63 min
Jun 8, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry53 min
Jun 8, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood65 min
Jun 8, 5:32 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHancock43 min
Jun 8, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca62 min
Jun 8, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit57 min
Jun 8, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot39 min
Jun 8, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron68 min
Jun 8, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain64 min
Jun 8, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina66 min
Jun 8, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull63 min
Jun 8, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage56 min
Jun 8, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana, Mahoning63 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.