Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1993, 8:32 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1993, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1993, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Medina County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 818 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1438 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCLE 120033 RRA SVRCLE OHC035-103-120130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 832 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 830 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LORAIN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 50 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE STORMS INTO MEDINA AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES BY 900 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE OVER LORAIN AND ERIE COUNTIES...PLUS VERY HEAVY RAI 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. GABRIC
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 11, 8:00 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
OHZ004-007-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 800 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 OCLOCK TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND PART OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO. AT 755 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THIS LINE WAS LOCATED FROM CARDINGTON NORTH THROUGH MANSFIELD TO VERMILLION. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF WAYNE AND HOLMES COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 900 THIS EVENING. VERY HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN WAYNE AND HOLMES COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 8:01 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
OHZ004-007-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 800 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 OCLOCK TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND PART OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO. AT 755 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THIS LINE WAS LOCATED FROM CARDINGTON NORTH THROUGH MANSFIELD TO VERMILLION. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF WAYNE AND HOLMES COUNTY BETWEEN 830 AND 900 THIS EVENING. VERY HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN WAYNE AND HOLMES COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 55 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.