Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1993, 4:45 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1993, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1993, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sandusky County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOL 272046 SVRTOL OHC143-272130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 445 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...SANDUSKY COUNTY AT 445 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WOOD AND SANDUSKY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. AT 425 PM SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IN BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MURPHY
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 27, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 341 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 340 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ONE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. BY 430 PM THE INDIANA STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHWEST OHIO AND THE WOOD COUNTY STORMS WILL BE NEAR FREMONT IN SANDUSKY COUNTY. WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR OVER NORTHWEST OHIO...THE STORMS MAY RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY...SO BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND/OR LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 341 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 340 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ONE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. BY 430 PM THE INDIANA STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHWEST OHIO AND THE WOOD COUNTY STORMS WILL BE NEAR FREMONT IN SANDUSKY COUNTY. WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR OVER NORTHWEST OHIO...THE STORMS MAY RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY...SO BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEEK SHELTER INDO<ORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND/OR LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
OHZ001-002-011-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 344 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 340 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ONE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. BY 430 PM THE INDIANA STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHWEST OHIO AND THE WOOD COUNTY STORM WILL BE NEAR FREMONT IN SANDUSKY COUNTY. WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR OVER NORTHWEST OHIO...THE STORMS MAY RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY...SO BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND/OR LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MURPHY CORRECTED TYPO
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:45 PM EDT, 1 hour before
OHZ001-002-011-272100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 344 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 340 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ONE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. BY 430 PM THE INDIANA STORMS WILL HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHWEST OHIO AND THE WOOD COUNTY STORM WILL BE NEAR FREMONT IN SANDUSKY COUNTY. WITH VERY UNSTABLE AIR OVER NORTHWEST OHIO...THE STORMS MAY RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY...SO BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SELEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND/OR LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MURPHY CORRECTED TYPO
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:46 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
OHZALL-272045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 346 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE COLUMBUS...DAYTON...TOLEDO...FINDLAY...DEFIANCE AND LIMA. A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO BETWEEN 2 PM AND 330. THEY WERE IN A SHORT LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF TOLEDO TO DEFIANCE TO NEAR FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THEY SHOULD REACH HENRY...PAULDING AND WOOD COUNTIES BEFORE 430 PM. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THE WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES WARNINGS. DEB
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:48 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
OHZALL-272045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 346 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE COLUMBUS...DAYTON...TOLEDO...FINDLAY...DEFIANCE AND LIMA. A FEW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO BETWEEN 2 PM AND 330. THEY WERE IN A SHORT LINE FROM JUST SOUTH OF TOLEDO TO DEFIANCE TO NEAR FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THEY SHOULD REACH HENRY...PAULDING AND WOOD COUNTIES BEFORE 430 PM. PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS EVENING ANVD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THE WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES WARNINGS. DEB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry, Wood | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 67 min |
| Jun 27, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 55 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.