Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 11:21 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Medina County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1244 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCLE 290321 RRA SVRCLE OHC103-290415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1121 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...MEDINA COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN MEDINA COUNTY NEAR VALLEY CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE TOWNS OF BRUNSWICK AND HINCKLEY SHORTLY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 10:40 PM EDT, 41 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
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 10:57 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-290400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 1057 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 200 AM. THE WATCH AREA IS NORTH OF A MANSFIELD-YOUNGSTOWN LINE. RADAR AT 1045 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MEDINA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND SHOULD REACH SUMMIT COUNTY BETWEEN 1130 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THIS STORM IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED AND RESIDENTS OF SUMMIT COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR IT'S APPROACH AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. FARTHER WEST...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN ONTARIO SOUTHWEST THROUGH OAK HARBOR TO NEAR DAYTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO OHIO'S EASTERN COUNTIES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. RLB
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 10:57 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-290400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 1057 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 200 AM. THE WATCH AREA IS NORTH OF A MANSFIELD-YOUNGSTOWN LINE. RADAR AT 1045 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MEDINA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND SHOULD REACH SUMMIT COUNTY BETWEEN 1130 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THIS STORM IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED AND RESIDENTS OF SUMMIT COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR IT'S APPROACH AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. FARTHER WEST...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN ONTARIO SOUTHWEST THROUGH OAK HARBOR TO NEAR DAYTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO OHIO'S EASTERN COUNTIES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. RLB
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:10 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PAZ001-002-290415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 1110 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 1105 PM EDT SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...FROM NEAR PORT ROWAN CANADA...SOUTHWEST TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA OHIO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE HAVE WEAKENED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA WILL MOVE PARALLEL WITH THE SHORELINE OF LAKE ERIE...JUST OFFSHORE NEAR CONNEAUT OHIO AND WEST SPRINGFIELD IN ERIE COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 1130 PM AND MIDNIGHT. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS POSE THE GREATEST THREAT TO BOATERS. PERSONS BOATING ON LAKE ERIE NEAR THE TOWN OF WEST SPRINGFIELD SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:12 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PAZ001-002-290415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 1110 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 1105 PM EDT SHOWERS SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...FROM NEAR PORT ROWAN CANADA...SOUTHWEST TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA OHIO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE HAVE WEAKENED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA WILL MOVE PARALLEL WITH THE SHORELINE OF LAKE ERIE...JUST OFFSHORE NEAR CONNEAUT OHIO AND WEST SPRINGFIELD IN ERIE COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 1130 AND MIDNIGHT. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS POSE THE GREATEST THREAT TO BOATERS. PERSONS BOATING ON LAKE ERIE NEAR THE TOWN OF WEST SPRINGFIELD SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE EVENzING. LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 11:18 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PAZ001-002-290415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 1110 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 1105 PM EDT SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...FROM NEAR PORT ROWAN CANADA...SOUTHWEST TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA OHIO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE HAVE WEAKENED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA WILL MOVE PARALLEL WITH THE SHORELINE OF LAKE ERIE...JUST OFFSHORE NEAR CONNEAUT OHIO AND WEST SPRINGFIELD IN ERIE COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 1130 PM AND MIDNIGHT. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS POSE THE GREATEST THREAT TO BOATERS. PERSONS BOATING ON LAKE ERIE NEAR THE TOWN OF WEST SPRINGFIELD SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IF 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, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 43 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
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.