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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 9, 1993Erie County, Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1993, 6:58 AM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1993, 6:58 AM EDT (10:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1993, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 1993-06-09Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1993-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
1479 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
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 091059 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC043-077-091200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
658 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY...HURON COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
AT 650 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN EIRE AND HURON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS
ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LrIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
JOHNSON

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 9, 5:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
OHZ001-005-010-008-091030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
540 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL
10 AM EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO...FINDLAY...DAYTON AND
CINCINNATI.

AT 535 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER WESTERN OHIO AND OVER MUCH OF INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE OVER INDIANA. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH WERE REPORTED IN THE
INDIANAPOLIS AREA JUST BEFORE 5 AM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
RAPIDLY EAST AT OVER 50 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND
MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED.

KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
OHZ001-005-010-008-091030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
540 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL
10 AM EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO...FINDLAY...DAYTON AND
CINCINNATI.

AT 535 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER WESTERN OHIO AND OVER MUCH OF INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE OVER INDIANA. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH WERE REPORTED IN THE
INDIANAPOLIS AREA JUST BEFORE 5 AM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
RAPIDLY EAST AT OVER 50 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND
MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED.

KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-091100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
545 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO
UNTIL 10 AM EDT.

AT 543 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WILLIAMS COUNTY AND WESTERN FULTON COUNTY
EXTENDING SOUTH INTO MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST AND WESTERN OHIO. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN PAULDING AND NORTHERN VAN WERT COUNTIES.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PUTNAM
COUNTY BY 6 AM AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTY BY 615 AM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THEIR LOCAL
NEWS STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
HUGHES
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-091100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
545 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO
UNTIL 10 AM EDT.

AT 543 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF RAINSHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WILLIAMS COUNTY AND WESTERN FULTON COUNTY
EXTENDING SOUTH INTO MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST AND WESTERN OHIO. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN PAULDING AND NORTHERN VAN WERT COUNTIES.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PUTNAM
COUNTY BY 6 AM AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTY BY 615 AM.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THEIR LOCAL
NEWS STA6TION FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
HUGHES
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:00 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
OHZALL-091100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EARLY MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
600 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN ONE
FOURTH OF OHIO UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE
TOLEDO...DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA...DAYTON AND CINCINNATI.

AT 555 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FORT WAYNE
INDIANA TO JUST WEST OF DAYTON TO NEAR CINCINNATI.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH
WESTERN OHIO AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES.  SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALL ALONG THIS LINE OF STORMS.

AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY STATEWIDE TODAY.  SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.  DESPITE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE
RATHER WARM.   AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 80S OVER
NORTHWEST OHIO TO NEAR 90 IN THE SOUTH.

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT
AS THE COLD FRONT WORKS ITS WAY ACROSS OHIO.  AGAIN...SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE.  LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S OVER NORTHWEST
OHIO TO NEAR 70 IN THE SOUTHEAST.

ON THE MORNING WEATHER MAP...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL
WISCONSIN SOUTHWEST INTO TEXAS.  THIS FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST TOWARD
THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND THEN ACROSS IT TONIGHT.

BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 6:00 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
OHZALL-091100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EARLY MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
600 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN ONE
FOURTH OF OHIO UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE
TOLEDO...DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA...DAYTON AND CINCINNATI.

AT 555 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FORT WAYNE
INDIANA TO JUST WEST OF DAYTON TO NEAR CINCINNATI.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH
WESTERN OHIO AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES.  SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALL ALONG THIS LINE OF STORMS.

AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY...SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY STATEWIDE TODAY.  SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.  DESPITE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE
RATHER WARM.   AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 80S OVER
NORTHWEST OHIO TO NEAR 90 IN THE SOUTH.

THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT
AS THE COLD FRONT WORKS ITS WAY ACROSS OHIO.  AGAIN...SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE.  LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S OVER NORTHWEST
OHIO TO NEAR 70 IN THE SOUTHEAST.

ON THE MORNING WEATHER MAP...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL
WISCONSIN SOUTHWEST INTO TEXAS.  THIS FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST TOWARD
THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND THEN ACROSS IT TONIGHT.

BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 6:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam40 min
Jun 9, 6:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood43 min
Jun 9, 7:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain66 min
Jun 9, 7:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga68 min

Nearby

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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.