Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1993, 4:55 PM EDT for Harrison County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harrison County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1344 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 KCAK 102055 SVRCAK OHC067-102200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 455 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...HARRISON COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT THE AKRON CANTON AIRPORT AT 455PM EDT INDICATED A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF TAPPAN LAKE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 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 10, 2:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
OHZALL-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 205 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN THREE QUARTERS OF OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CLEVELAND...FINDLAY...YOUNGSTOWN MANSFIELD...AKRON...DAYTON...COLUMBUS AND ZANESVILLE. AT 2 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OHIO FROM JUST WEST OF TOLEDO TO NORTH OF DAYTON. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST 35 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 245 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBNLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MORAVEK
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
OHZALL-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 205 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR MOST OF THE NORTHERN THREE QUARTERS OF OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CLEVELAND...FINDLAY...YOUNGSTOWN MANSFIELD...AKRON...DAYTON...COLUMBUS AND ZANESVILLE. AT 2 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OHIO FROM JUST WEST OF TOLEDO TO NORTH OF DAYTON. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST 35 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 245 PM. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MORAVEK
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
OHZALL-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND THE AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 252 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 8 PM EDT. AT 245 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SANDUSKY TO JUST WEST OF MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR HAS COMBINED WITH A WEAK ALMOST STATIONARY COLD FRONT OVER NORTHERN OHIO TO TRIGGER THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAIL...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. SHORTLY AFT 230 PM THE MARION COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED TREES DOWNED NEAR LA RUE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WEAK COLD FRONT OVER THE STATE AND THE VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR ALREADY IN PLACE. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH OF THE STATE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SHOULD REDUCE THE THREAT OF WELL ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS A BIT. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS TOPPING OUT FROM AROUND 90 TO THE MID 90S...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL IN THE FORECAST. ALTHOUGH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL COOL OFF JUST A LITTLE WITH HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. VRCEK
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
OHZALL-102000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND THE AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 252 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 8 PM EDT. AT 245 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SANDUSKY TO JUST WEST OF MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR HAS COMBINED WITH A WEAK ALMOST STATIONARY COLD FRONT OVER NORTHERN OHIO TO TRIGGER THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...AND HAIL...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. SHORTLY AFT 230 PM THE MARION COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED TREES DOWNED NEAR LA RUE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WEAK COLD FRONT OVER THE STATE AND THE VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR ALREADY IN PLACE. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE BACK TO THE NORTH OF THE STATE BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SHOULD REDUCE THE THREAT OF WELL ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS A BIT. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS TOPPING OUT FROM AROUND 90 TO THE MID 90S...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL IN THE FORECAST. ALTHOUGH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL COOL OFF JUST A LITTLE WITH HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 80S AND LOWS IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. VRCEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 69 min |
| Jul 10, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Tuscarawas | 58 min |
| Jul 10, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Belmont | 33 min |
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.