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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 27, 1993Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1993, 6:08 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1993, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1993, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Cuyahoga County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1993-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 73 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1993-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
73 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 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, Jun 27, 3:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 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, 2 hours 27 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, 2 hours 24 minutes 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, 2 hours 23 minutes 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, 2 hours 22 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, 2 hours 20 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky43 min
Jun 27, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry, Wood65 min
Jun 27, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa59 min
Jun 27, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky45 min
Jun 27, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie63 min
Jun 27, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood33 min
Jun 27, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Lorain63 min
Jun 27, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina66 min
Jun 27, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga66 min
Jun 27, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit55 min
Jun 27, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie55 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.