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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 8, 1993Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1993, 4:43 PM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1993, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1993, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1993-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 453 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1993-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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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, Jun 8, 4:29 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:33 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
OHZ001-082200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
434 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO.

AT 430 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PAULDING AND DEFIANCE COUNTIES
OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
SEVERE WEATHER NEAR FORT WAYNE INDIANA.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENTERED PUTNAM COUNTY OHIO
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO HENRY COUNTY OHIO BY 440 PM. THE CITY OF HOLGATE
...13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPOLEON IN HENRY COUNTY IS RIGHT IN THE PATH
OF THESE APPROACHING STORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THEY ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. COVERAGE OF THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT
NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STAY CLOSE TO A R ADIO...TELEVISION OR YOUR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
INFORMATION REGARDING THIS SITUATION.

BARNES
...CORRECTED THE HEADER AND CHANGED LEAD SENTENCE...
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:34 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
OHZ001-082200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
434 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO.

AT 430 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PAULDING AND DEFIANCE COUNTIES
OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
SEVERE WEATHER NEAR FORT WAYNE INDIANA.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENTERED PUTNAM COUNTY OHIO
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO HENRY COUNTY OHIO BY 440 PM. THE CITY OF HOLGATE
...13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPOLEON IN HENRY COUNTY IS RIGHT IN THE PATH
OF THESE APPROACHING STORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THEY ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. COVERAGE OF THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT
NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STAY CLOSE TO A RADIO...TELEVISION OR YOUR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
INFORMATION REGARDING THIS SITUATION.

BARNES
...CORRECTED THE HEADER AND CHANGED LEAD SENTENCE...
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
OHZALL-082230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
443 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 1993M...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EAST CENTRAL OHIO TO THE SOUTHEAST OF CANTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARRISON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL
5 PM.

AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELPED OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
TO ORTH OF MANSFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH.
>
A LARGE COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST
INDIANA AROUND 3 PM WHICH HAS NOW MOVED INTO NORTHWEST OHIO.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR PAULDING AND PUTMAN
COUNTIES U 500 AND 515 PM RESPECTIVELY. THIS COMPLEX OF SEVERE
STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST THROUGHOUT THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSE.

GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
OHZALL-082230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
443 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 1993M...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EAST CENTRAL OHIO TO THE SOUTHEAST OF CANTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARRISON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL
5 PM.

AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELPED OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
TO ORTH OF MANSFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH.
>
A LARGE COMPLEX OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST
INDIANA AROUND 3 PM WHICH HAS NOW MOVED INTO NORTHWEST OHIO.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR PAULDING AND PUTMAN
COUNTIES U 500 AND 515 PM RESPECTIVELY. THIS COMPLEX OF SEVERE
STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST THROUGHOUT THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LISTEN
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSE.

GABRIC

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 7, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMonroe67 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, 4:57 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
Jun 8, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEButler, Venango56 min
Jun 8, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELawrence61 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.