Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 10:47 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 10:47 PM EDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lorain County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 290248 RRA SVRCLE OHC093-OHZ501-290330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1047 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...LORAIN COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 1045 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN LORAIN COUNTY... NEAR THE CITY OF LAGRANGE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR...AND THE TOWNS OF GRAFTON AND AND BELDEN WERE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED SMALL HAIL...AND RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STORM IS CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY. ALSO...HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG... DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GERARD
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 28, 5:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
OHZ001>006-015>017-024>026-034-035-282230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 532 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA AND TOLEDO. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO THE ISLANDS. AT 530 PM CLEVELAND DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO AND WESTERN LAKE ERIE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING ONTO WESTERN LAKE ERIE JUST NORTH OF TOLEDO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. ALSO...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AT 530 PM...AND THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO LATER THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR WARNING BE ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES. GERARD
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 5:33 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
OHZ001>006-015>017-024>026-034-035-282230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 532 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA AND TOLEDO. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO THE ISLANDS. AT 530 PM CLEVELAND DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO AND WESTERN LAKE ERIE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING ONTO WESTERN LAKE ERIE JUST NORTH OF TOLEDO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. ALSO...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AT 530 PM...AND THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO LATER THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR WARNING BE ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES. GERARD
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
TOLEDO WEATHER DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 625 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE...56 DEGREES AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURE...83 DEGREES PRECIPITATION SINCE MIDNIGHT...TRACE4 BARNES
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:25 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
TOLEDO WEATHER DATA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 625 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE...56 DEGREES AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURE...83 DEGREES PRECIPITATION SINCE MIDNIGHT...TRACE BARNES
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 10:40 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PAZ001-002-290345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 1040 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ERIE...CRAWFORD...AND VENANGO COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...ALONG WITH THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...UNTIL 2 AM WEDNESDAY... RADAR AT 1035 PM EDT SHOWERS SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF LONG POINT CANADA...SOUTHWEST TO 12 MILES NORTH OF FAIRPORT OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONNEAUT OHIO AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONGPOINT CANADA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY...NEAR PRESQUE ISLE BETWEEN 1115 PM AND 1130 PM. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS POSE THE GREATEST THREAT TO BOATERS. PERSONS BOATING ON LAKE ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR AS THIS THREATENING WEATHER APPROANCHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 10:40 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PAZ001-002-290345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 1040 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ERIE...CRAWFORD...AND VENANGO COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...ALONG WITH THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...UNTIL 2 AM WEDNESDAY... RADAR AT 1035 PM EDT SHOWERS SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF LONG POINT CANADA...SOUTHWEST TO 12 MILES NORTH OF FAIRPORT OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONNEAUT OHIO AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONGPOINT CANADA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY...NEAR PRESQUE ISLE BETWEEN 1115 PM AND 1130 PM. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS POSE THE GREATEST THREAT TO BOATERS. PERSONS BOATING ON LAKE ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR AS THIS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. LAMBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 56 min |
| Jun 28, 11:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 11:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 11:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 11:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 2:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 5:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Noble, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 5:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 5:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Belmont, Monroe | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana, Mahoning | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Summit | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Carroll, Stark | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton, Guernsey | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Tuscarawas | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Carroll | 63 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.