Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 11:52 AM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 11:52 AM EDT (15:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lucas County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 KTOL 151552 SVRTOL OHC095-151630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1152 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...LUCAS COUNTY AT 1150 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN LUCAS COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY AROUND NOON. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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, Apr 15, 6:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
OHZALL-161200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 600 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF OHIO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. HILTBRAND
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:36 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-151600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1030 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL NORTHWEST OHIO. AT 1035 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER FULTON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA-SIZED HAIL FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS A PART OF A LINE OF STORMS THAT EXTENDED NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AND SOUTH INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. STORMS...SOME LIKELY TO BE SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHWEST OHIO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. ALL RESIDENTS IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD KEEP ABREAST TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-151600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1041 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 4 PM EDT. AT 1035 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER FULTON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA-SIZED HAIL FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS IN NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY BETWEEN 10 AND 1015 AM. THIS STORM WAS A PART OF A LINE OF STORMS THAT EXTENDED NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AND INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. STORMS...SOME LIKELY TO BE SEVERE...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHWEST OHIO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. ALL RESIDENTS IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD KEEP ABREAST TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL. MURPHY CORRECTED WORDING AND TYPOS
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:56 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
OHZ029-028-037-047-030-151600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 1105 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY AND ALL OF WESTERN OHIO. AT 1045 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES EXTENDING TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH COLUMBUS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING KNOX...RICHLAND...AND ASHLAND COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY...IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BLONDIN NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 69 min |
| Apr 15, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 47 min |
| Apr 15, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 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.