Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1993, 4:03 PM EDT for Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1993, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Geauga County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 042004 RRA SVRCLE OHC055-042100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 403 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...GEAUGA COUNTY AT 404 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE CUYAHOGA GEUAGA COUNTY BORDER MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD REACH BURTON BETWEEN 415 AND 430 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLO|OD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. KOSARIK
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, Jul 4, 12:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1220 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 THE FIRST HEAT WAVE OF THE SUMMER CONTINUED TO BUILD INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THIS 4TH OF JULY AFTERNOON. AS OF 1215 PM EDT THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT WAS 89 DEGREES...AND CLIMBING. THE DEW POINT HAD BEEN HOLDING STEADY AROUND 75 DEGREES. THAT COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT YIELDED RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF AROUND 65-70 PERCENT. THEREFORE...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL EASILY ENCOMPASS THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 90S POSSIBLE IN DOWNTOWN TOLEDO DUE TO THE ABILITY OF CONCRETE AND ASPHALT TO HOLD IN MORE HEAT. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR FESTIVITIES PLANNED...HERE ARE A FEW TIPS TO HELP STAVE OFF HEAT FATIGUE AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...WEAR LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES THAT ARE LIGHT COLORED IN NATURE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE IN THE SUN AND AVOID EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHICH TEND TO DEHYDRATE THE BODY. HAVE A FUN...BUT SAFE 4TH OF JULY. BARNES
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 12:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1220 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 THE FIRST HEAT WAVE OF THE SUMMER CONTINUED TO BUILD INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THIS 4TH OF JULY AFTERNOON. AS OF 1215 PM EDT THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT WAS 89 DEGREES...AND CLIMBING. THE DEW POINT HAD BEEN HOLDING STEADY AROUND 75 DEGREES. THAT COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT YIELDED RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF AROUND 65-70 PERCENT. THEREFORE...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL EASILY ENCOMPASS THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 90S POSSIBLE IN DOWNTOWN TOLEDO DUE TO THE ABILITY OF CONCRETE AND ASPHALT TO HOLD IN MORE HEAT. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR FESTIVITIES PLANNED...HERE ARE A FEW TIPS TO HELP STAVE OFF HEAT FATIGUE AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...WEAR LOOSE FITTING CpLOTHES THAT ARE LIGHT COLORED IN NATURE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE IN THE SUN AND AVOID EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHICH TEND TO DEHYDRATE THE BODY. HAVE A FUN...BUT SAFE 4TH OF JULY. BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 4:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 68 min |
| Jul 4, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Harrison, Tuscarawas | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Carroll | 116 min |
| Jul 4, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 116 min |
| Jul 4, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Harrison | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Jefferson | 69 min |
| Jul 4, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Monroe | 3 hr |
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.