Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1993, 7:37 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1993, 7:37 AM EDT (11:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1993, 8:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cuyahoga County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1633 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCLE 091138 RRA SVRCLE OHC035-091245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 737 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 830 AM NATAIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A 723 AM MILAN'S POLICE DEPARTMENT IN EIRE COUNTY REPORTED TREES DOWN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING 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, 7:10 AM EDT, 27 minutes before
OHZALL-101200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 710 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FOREC CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OHIO FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:25 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-091200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 725 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 AM EDT AND FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 12 NOON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR PUTNAM...WOOD AND HANCOCK COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EXTREME EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY AND CENTRAL SENECA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED IN BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY AND IN TIFFIN IN SANDUSKY COUNTY. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING...THIS IS A VERY UNSTABLE SITUATION. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. HUGHES CORRECTED SEVERAL SPELLING ERRORS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:26 AM EDT, 11 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-091200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 725 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 AM EDT AND FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 12 NOON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR PUTNAM...WOOD AND HANCOCK COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EXTREME EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY AND CENTRAL SENECA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED IN BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY AND IN TIFFIN IN SANDUSKY COUNTY. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS CCURRING...THIS IS A *VERY UNSTABLE SITUATION. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MINITOR TH3 SITUATION. HUGHES
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:28 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-091200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 725 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 AM EDT AND FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 12 NOON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR PUTNAM...WOOD AND HANCOCK COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EXTREME EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY AND CENTRAL SENECA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED IN BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY AND IN TIFFIN IN SANDUSKY COUNTY. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCUR:RING...THIS IS A VERY UNSTABLE SITUATION. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MINITOR THE SITUATION. HUGHES
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:34 AM EDT, 3 minutes before
OHZ004-007-091330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 734 AM EDT WED JUN 09 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST ...AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 EDT THIS MORNING. AT 730 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDSTORMS OVER COSHOCTON ...HOLMES...WAYNE...STARK....SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES. THE MOST NUMEROUS STORMS WERE OVER WAYNE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...HAIL AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE SOME STREET FLOODING AND CAUSE SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS TO COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. > IK ...CORRECTED MOVEMENT OF STORMS...
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 7:35 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-091200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 725 AM EDT WED JUN 9 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 AM EDT AND FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 12 NOON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR PUTNAM...WOOD AND HANCOCK COUNTIES HAVE EXPIRED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EXTREME EASTERN OTTAWA COUNTY AND CENTRAL SENECA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED IN BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY AND IN TIFFIN IN SANDUSKY COUNTY. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRRING...THIS IS A VERY UNSTABLE SITUATION. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. HUGHES CORRECTED SEVERAL SPELLING ERRORS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 40 min |
| Jun 9, 6:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 6:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 7:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 66 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.