Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1993, 9:17 PM EDT for McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1993, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1993, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McKean County, PA, Warren County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KERI 280121 SVRCLE PAC083-123-280215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 917 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...MCKEAN COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT 915 PM SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF YOUNGSVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF WARREN...CORYDON...BRADFORD AND ELDRED DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, 8:31 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
OHZALL-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 830 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHEAST INLAND AREA...NORTH CENTRAL AND FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE COLUMBUS AND DAYTON. AT 830 PM...RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF MANSFIELD...SOUTHWEST THROUGH COLUMBUS INTO GREENE COUNTY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF DAYTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SINCE 730 PM...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH 10 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADAR FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GABRIC
Local storm report, Jun 27, 8:38 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
840 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993
REPORTS FROM SUNDAY EVENING JUNE 27TH
TIME DAMAGE LOCATION SOURCE
554 PM DIME SIZED HAIL BERLIN HEIGHTS HAM RADIO
558 PM DIME SIZE HAIL RTE 18 HURON COUNTY HAM RADIO
605 PM DIME SIZE HAIL WEST RIDGE ROAD HAM RADIO
LORAIN COUNTY
605 PM 58 MPH WINDS ELYRIA EOC/911 EOC/HAM RADIO
LORAIN COUNTY
606 PM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL RTE 57/GOLF ROAD ELYRIA EOC
613 PM DIME AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL/CITY OF LORAIN HAM RADIO
LORAIN COUNTY
613 PM DIME SIZE HAIL LAKEWOOD HAMS
CUYAHOGA COUNTY
621 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL CLEVELAND-HOPKINS ARPT CLESAO
CUYAHOGA COUNTY
625 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL RTE 10/1 MILE SOUTH OF INDIAN HAMS
HOWL RD LORAIN COUNTY
625 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL RTE 82/RTE 57 HAMS
LORAIN COUNTY
625 PM TREE DOWN (16-18 INCH DIA) WEST RIDGE RD/RUSSIA RD HAMS
LORAIN COUNTY
645 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL BRUNSWICK DMIC
MEDINA
END/COMEAUX/GABRICLocal storm report, Jun 27, 8:39 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
840 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993
REPORTS FROM SUNDAY EVENING JUNE 27TH
TIME DAMAGE LOCATION SOURCE
554 PM DIME SIZED HAIL BERLIN HEIGHTS/ERIE CTY HAM RADIO
558 PM DIME SIZE HAIL RTE 18 HURON COUNTY HAM RADIO
605 PM DIME SIZE HAIL WEST RIDGE ROAD HAM RADIO
LORAIN COUNTY
605 PM 58 MPH WINDS ELYRIA EOC/911 EOC/HAM RADIO
LORAIN COUNTY
606 PM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL RTE 57/GOLF ROAD ELYRIA EOC
613 PM DIME AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL/CITY OF LORAIN HAM RADIO
LORAIN COUNTY
613 PM DIME SIZE HAIL LAKEWOOD HAMS
CUYAHOGA COUNTY
621 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL CLEVELAND-HOPKINS ARPT CLESAO
CUYAHOGA COUNTY
625 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL RTE 10/1 MILE SOUTH OF INDIAN HAMS
HOWL RD LORAIN COUNTY
625 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL RTE 82/RTE 57 HAMS
LORAIN COUNTY
625 PM TREE DOWN (16-18 INCH DIA) WEST RIDGE RD/RUSSIA RD HAMS
LORAIN COUNTY
645 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL BRUNSWICK DMIC
" MEDINA
END/COMEAUX/GABRICLocal storm report, Jun 27, 8:40 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
840 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993
REPORTS FROM SUNDAY EVENING JUNE 27TH
TIME DAMAGE LOCATION SOURCE
554 PM DIME SIZED HAIL BERLIN HEIGHTS/ERIE CTY HAM RADIO
558 PM DIME SIZE HAIL RTE 18 HURON COUNTY HAM RADIO
605 PM DIME SIZE HAIL WEST RIDGE ROAD HAM RADIO
LORAIN COUNTY
605 PM 58 MPH WINDS ELYRIA EOC/911 EOC/HAM RADIO
LORAIN COUNTY
606 PM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL RTE 57/GOLF ROAD ELYRIA EOC
613 PM DIME AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL/CITY OF LORAIN HAM RADIO
LORAIN COUNTY
613 PM DIME SIZE HAIL LAKEWOOD HAMS
CUYAHOGA COUNTY
621 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL CLEVELAND-HOPKINS ARPT CLESAO
CUYAHOGA COUNTY
625 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL RTE 10/1 MILE SOUTH OF INDIAN HAMS
HOWL RD LORAIN COUNTY
625 PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL RTE 82/RTE 57 HAMS
LORAIN COUNTY
625 PM TREE DOWN (16-18 INCH DIA) WEST RIDGE RD/RUSSIA RD HAMS
LORAIN COUNTY
645 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL BRUNSWICK DMIC
MEDINA
END/COMEAUX/GABRICSpecial weather statement, Jun 27, 9:16 PM EDT, 1 minute before
OHZALL-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 916 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HENCE...ALL WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED IN OHIO. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN OHIO BY MIDNIGHT. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 9:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
OHZALL-280300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 916 PM EDT SUN JUN 27 1993 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HENCE...ALL WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED IN OHIO. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN OHIO BY MIDNIGHT. GABRIC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Venango | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mercer | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 8:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mercer | 42 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.