Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1993, 6:01 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashtabula County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 660 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCLE 062202 RRA SVRCLE OHC007-062245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 601 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...ASHTABULA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 6PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT CLEVELAND INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN ASHTABULA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH IN THE CITY OF ASHTABULA BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 5:55 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. &
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 6, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
OHZ004-007-062130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 431 PM EDT TUE JUL 06 1993 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRD OF OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 425 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN LORAIN AND PAINSVILLE. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM OVER EASTERN STARK COUNTY NORTHEAST TO TRUMBULL COUNTY. THERE WERE ALSO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF A ZANESVILLE...VERMILLION LINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UPTO 35 MPH...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER O N ROADWAYS AND EVEN FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. > IK ...CORRECTED WORD IN THE LAST PARAGRAGH...
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PAZ001>003-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 500 PM EDT TUE JUL 06 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 455 PM SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF ERIE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90... JUST TO THE WEST OF COLT STATION. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE NEAR PYMATUNING RESERVOIR SOUTH TO YOUNGSTOWN OHIO... AND ALONG THE OHIO LAKESHORE NEAR PAINESVILLE AND FAIRPORT...SOUTH TO MANSFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH... AND HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING ON ROADWAYS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKEY WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DONT USE THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LAMBERT/BELK
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:05 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
PAZ001>003-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 500 PM EDT TUE JUL 06 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 455 PM SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF ERIE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90... JUST TO THE WEST OF COLT STATION. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE NEAR PYMATUNING RESERVOIR SOUTH TO YOUNGSTOWN OHIO... AND ALONG THE OHIO LAKESHORE NEAR PAINESVILLE AND FAIRPORT...SOUTH TO MANSFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH... AND HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING ON ROADWAYS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKEY WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DONT USE THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LAMBERT/BELK
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:46 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
OHZ004-062245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 546 PM EDT TUE JUL 06 1993 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRD OF OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 543 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WAYNE COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOOSTER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH SUMMIT AND NORTHERN STARK COUNTIES INBETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UPTO 45 MPH...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND EVEN FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. > IK ...CORRECTED TIME IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH FOR THE RADAR...
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:47 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
OHZ004-062245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 546 PM EDT TUE JUL 06 1993 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRD OF OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 443 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WAYNE COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOOSTER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH SUMMIT AND NORTHERN STARK COUNTIES INBETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UPTO 45 MPH...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND EVEN FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. > IK
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:50 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
OHZ004-062245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 546 PM EDT TUE JUL 06 1993 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRD OF OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 543 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WAYNE COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOOSTER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH SUMMIT AND NORTHERN STARK COUNTIES INBETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM THIS EVENING. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UPTO 45 MPH...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND EVEN FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. > IK ...CORRECTED TIME IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH FOR THE RADAR...
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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.