Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1994, 6:42 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1994, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 435 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 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 202243 RRA SVRCAK OHC169-202330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 642 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...WAYNE COUNTY AT 640 PM WEATHER SEVICE RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF WOOSTER MOVING 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. ALTO
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, 6:27 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 627 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: LUCAS...OTTAWA...FULTON... HENRY...PUTNAM...WOOD AND SANDUSKY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SENECA...HANCOCK AND WYANDOT COUNTIES. AT 625 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CLEVELAND TO FINDLAY AND SOUTH WEST TO VAN WERT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL OCCUR IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. SEEK SjHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING DURING THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. DIEFENDERFER
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:27 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 627 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: LUCAS...OTTAWA...FULTON... HENRY...PUTNAM...WOOD AND SANDUSKY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SENECA...HANCOCK AND WYANDOT COUNTIES. AT 625 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CLEVELAND TO FINDLAY AND SOUTH WEST TO VAN WERT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL OCCUR IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING DURING THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. DIEFENDERFER
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:32 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 632 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: LUCAS...OTTAWA...FULTON... HENRY...PUTNAM...WOOD AND SANDUSKY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SENECA...HANCOCK AND WYANDOT COUNTIES. AT 625 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CLEVELAND TO FINDLAY AND SOUTHWEST TO VAN WERT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL OCCUR IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING DURING THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. DIEFENDERFER CORRECTED SPELLING
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:32 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 632 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: LUCAS...OTTAWA...FULTON... HENRY...PUTNAM...WOOD AND SANDUSKY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SENECA...HANCOCK AND WYANDOT COUNTIES. AT 625 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CLEVELAND TO FINDLAY AND SOUTHWEST TO VAN WERT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL OCCUR IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING DURING THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. DIEFENDERFER CORRECTED SPELLING
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:38 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 638 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: LUCAS...OTTAWA...FULTON... HENRY...PUTNAM...WOOD AND SANDUSKY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SENECA...HANCOCK AND WYANDOT COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 625 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CLEVELAND TO FINDLAY AND SOUTHWEST TO VAN WERT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL OCCUR IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING DURING THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. DIEFENDERFER ADDED ENDING TIME TO THUNDERSTORM WATCH
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:38 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 638 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: LUCAS...OTTAWA...FULTON... HENRY...PUTNAM...WOOD AND SANDUSKY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SENECA...HANCOCK AND WYANDOT COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 625 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CLEVELAND TO FINDLAY AND SOUTHWEST TO VAN WERT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL OCCUR IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING DURING THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. DIEFENDERFER ADDED ENDING TIME TO THUNDERSTORM WATCH
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, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 37 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, 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.