Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 1993, 5:32 PM EDT for Belmont County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 6:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Belmont County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 102133 TORCAK OHC013-102230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 532 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...BELMONT COUNTY PUBLIC REPORTS TORNADO SIGHTING OVER FLUSHING MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. d
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 3 hours 30 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, 3 hours 27 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 40 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 40 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, 5:18 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-102230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 518 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY AT 516 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF SALEM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG THE MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTY LINE THROUGH 540 PM. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER AS THIS STORM PASSES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OF LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:18 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-102230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 518 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY AT 516 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF SALEM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG THE MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTY LINE THROUGH 540 PM. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER AS THIS STORM PASSES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OF LOCAL MEDIA FOR .FURTHER UPDATES. MITCHELL
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, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Harrison | 65 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.