Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1994, 7:12 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1994, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1994, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 202313 SVRCAK OHC075-081-210000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 712 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...HOLMES COUNTY...JEFFERSON COUNTY DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AT CLEVELAND INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVER THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WEATHER RADAR AT THE AKRON CANTON AIRPORT INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN HOLMES COUNTY ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35MPH. 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. MARTIN
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, 6:38 PM EDT, 34 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, 34 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
Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:45 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 645 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 ATTN: CLE GABRIC/KOSARIK FROM: TOL STORM REPORT FOR MONDAY JUNE 20 1994 HENRY COUNTY 426 PM EDT HAMLER...SOUTHEAST PART OF CO. G62 MPH...SOURCE SKYWARN SPOTTER...MEASURED WIND. LUCAS CO. AROUND 330 PM EDT...NEAR OTTAWA HILLS...TALMADGE/ALEXIS RDS. TREES DOWN...SOURCE...SPOTTER. SENECA CO. 500-515 PM EDT...TREES DOWN 7NE OF TIFFIN AND 1N OF REPUBLIC SOURCE...SHERIFFS OFFICE. MURPHY
Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:45 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 645 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 ATTN: CLE GABRIC/KOSARIK FROM: TOL STORM REPORT FOR MONDAY JUNE 20 1994 HENRY COUNTY 426 PM EDT HAMLER...SOUTHEAST PART OF CO. G62 MPH...SOURCE SKYWARN SPOTTER...MEASURED WIND. LUCAS CO. AROUND 330 PM EDT...NEAR OTTAWA HILLS...TALMADGE/ALEXIS RDS. TREES DOWN...SOURCE...SPOTTER. SENECA CO. 500-515 PM EDT...TREES DOWN 7NE OF TIFFIN AND 1N OF REPUBLIC SOURCE...SHERIFFS OFFICE. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:00 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 700 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND MOST OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. AT 655 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF CLEVELAND THROUGH THE AKRON-CANTON AREA TO NEAR COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER WESTERN PORTIONS OF TRUMBULL...MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO BY 710 PM EDT. LARGE HAIL... WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS. KUBINA
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:01 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 700 PM EDT MON JUN 20 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND MOST OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. AT 655 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF CLEVELAND THROUGH THE AKRON-CANTON AREA TO NEAR COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL ENTER WESTERN PORTIONS OF TRUMBULL...MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO BY 710 PM EDT. LARGE HAIL... WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS. KUBINA
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, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 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.