Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1993, 5:49 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1993, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 WUUS1 KCAK 042250 SVRCLE OHC019-169-042345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 549 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...CARROLL COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY AT 545PM EDT AKRON CANTON AND CLEVELAND WEATHER RADARS IONDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN CARROLL AND CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES OF OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING EAST AT 10 MPH. 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.
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, 5 hours 29 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, 5 hours 29 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
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:50 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 450 PM EDT SUN JUL 04 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 445 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ASHTABULA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO JUST SOUTH OF CANTON. THESE STORMS HAD A HISTORY OF 3/4 INCH HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE...AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. CITIES LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE YOUNGSTOWN...WARREN...NILES...GIRARD...AND BOARDMAN. THESE STORMS SHOULD ENTER THIS AREA BY 530 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. VEENEMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:51 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-042145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 450 PM EDT SUN JUL 04 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 445 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ASHTABULA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO JUST SOUTH OF CANTON. THESE STORMS HAD A HISTORY OF 3/4 INCH HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE...AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. CITIES LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE YOUNGSTOWN...WARREN...NILES...GIRARD...AND BOARDMAN. THESE STORMS SHOULD ENTER THIS AREA BY 530 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. VEENEMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:26 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
OHZ002>004-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 526 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS IN EFFECT FOR CUYAHOGA AND GEAUGA COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT. AT 525 PM RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST CUYAHOGA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN GEAUGA COUNTY TO THE AKRON- CANTON AREA AND SOUTH TO ZANESVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. MANY REPORTS OF TREES DOWN WERE RECEIVED FROM SOLON IN SOUTHEAST CUYAHOGA COUNTY BETWEEN 4 PM AND 430 PM. REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS CUYAHOGA COUNTY. THE WINDS GUSTED TO 41 MPH AT 416 PM EDT. SOME RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY. ONCE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OF THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES...THE REST OF THIS EVENING SHOULD BE DRY. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 5:27 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
OHZ002>004-042300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 526 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS IN EFFECT FOR CUYAHOGA AND GEAUGA COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT. AT 525 PM RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST CUYAHOGA COUNTY AND SOUTHERN GEAUGA COUNTY TO THE AKRON- CANTON AREA AND SOUTH TO ZANESVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. MANY REPORTS OF TREES DOWN WERE RECEIVED FROM SOLON IN SOUTHEAST CUYAHOGA COUNTY BETWEEN 4 PM AND 430 PM. REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS CUYAHOGA COUNTY. THE WINDS GUSTED TO 41 MPH AT 416 PM EDT. SOME RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY. ONCE THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OF THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES...THE REST OF THIS EVENING SHOULD BE DRY. KIELTYKA
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, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 57 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, 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
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.