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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 17, 1993Harrison County, Jefferson County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 17, 1993, 1:09 PM EST for Harrison County, Jefferson County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 1993, 1:09 PM EST (18:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 1993, 2:15 PM EST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, OH, Jefferson County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 12:00Z on 1993-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1993-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Nov 17, 12:22 PM EST, 47 minutes before
OHZ039-040-048-171830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
1222 PM EST WED NOV 17 1993

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFRCT FOR MUCH OF EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
OHIO UNTIL 5PM EST.

RADAR AT 1215 PM INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
COSHOCTON AND TUSCARAWAS COUNTIES BETWEEN COSHOCTON AND NEW PHILADELPHIA
MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH.

THE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE DOVER-NEW PHILADELPHIA AREA AROUND 1230 PM
AND SHOULD PASS NEAR WAYNESBURG IN CARROLL COUNTY AROUND 1PM.

THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...
WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 50 MPH AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

THOSE ALONG THEIR PATH SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

RLB
Special weather statement, Nov 17, 12:22 PM EST, 47 minutes before
OHZ039-040-048-171830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
1222 PM EST WED NOV 17 1993

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFRCT FOR MUCH OF EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
OHIO UNTIL 5PM EST.

RADAR AT 1215 PM INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
COSHOCTON AND TUSCARAWAS COUNTIES BETWEEN COSHOCTON AND NEW PHILADELPHIA
MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH.

THE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE DOVER-NEW PHILADELPHIA AREA AROUND 1230 PM
AND SHOULD PASS NEAR WAYNESBURG IN CARROLL COUNTY AROUND 1PM.

THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...
WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 50 MPH AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

THOSE ALONG THEIR PATH SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

RLB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 9:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake3 hr
Nov 17, 9:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina3 hr
Nov 17, 12:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMonroe, Washington65 min
Nov 17, 5:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEMonroe, Noble, Washington2 hr

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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.