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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 19, 1994Jefferson County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1994, 5:54 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1994, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 754 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
754 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1299 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KCAK 192156
SVRCLE
OHC081-192300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
554 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR AT THE AKRON CANTON AIRPORT AT 554 PM EDT INDICATED A
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THIS STORM
IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
JOLLY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark55 min
Jun 19, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne59 min
Jun 19, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage57 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECarroll60 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton, Holmes60 min
Jun 19, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark58 min
Jun 19, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne46 min
Jun 19, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana42 min
Jun 19, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton46 min
Jun 19, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEBelmont60 min

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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.