Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1994, 4:38 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1994, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1994, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Seneca County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 499 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTOL 202039 SVRCLE OHC147-202115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 438 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...SENECA COUNTY AT 440 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF TIFFIN. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE COOPER...WEST LODI AND OMAR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MURPHY
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, Jun 20, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
OHZ007>014-018>020-202030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 326 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 315 WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE WEST OF SANSUSKY... SOUTH OF MEDINA AND EAST OF FINDLAY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGAING WINDS. THEY ALSO CAN PUT DOWN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS. KEEP TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER AND LOCAL AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THOMPSON ...CORRECTION FOR WORDING
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-202030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 333 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 331 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM FORT WAYNE IN TO JUST WEST OF DETROIT MI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR NAPOLON IN HENRY COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WILL BE NEAR BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY BY 4 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURING...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. DIEFENDERFER ADDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-202030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 333 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1994 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. AT 331 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM FORT WAYNE IN TO JUST WEST OF DETROIT MI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR NAPOLON IN HENRY COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WILL BE NEAR BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY BY 4 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURING...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WpINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. DIEFENDERFER
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-202030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 333 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 331 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM FORT WAYNE IN TO JUST WEST OF DETROIT MI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR NAPOLON IN HENRY COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WILL BE NEAR BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY BY 4 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURING...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. DIEFENDERFER ADDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:03 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-202030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 403 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. SURFACE REPORTS AND TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS AT 4 PM EDT INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM FORT WAYNE IN TO THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE. THE STRONGES STORMS WERE NEAR THE OHIO-MICHIGAN STATE LINE AND IN SOUTH EAST HENRY COUNTY. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND CITY STREES WERE FLOODING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURING...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. ALSO...BE CAUTIOUS OF STANDING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS. DIEFENDERFER
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:04 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-202030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 403 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. SURFACE REPORTS AND TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS AT 4 PM EDT INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM FORT WAYNE IN TO THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE. THE STRONGES STORMS WERE NEAR THE OHIO-MICHIGAN STATE LINE AND IN SOUTH EAST HENRY COUNTY. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND CITY STREES WERE FLOODING. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURING...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. ALSO...BE CAUTIOUS OF STANDING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS. DIEFENDERFER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry, Putnam | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 68 min |
| Jun 20, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Jefferson | 48 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.