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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 29, 1994Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 4:19 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1994, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1994, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Cuyahoga County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 280 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1570 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 29, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
OHC051-063-069-095-123-137-143-147-173-175-292100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
254 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 250 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST SANDUSKY COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40
MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON. IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING BE PRPARED TO MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY.

LVW
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
OHC051-063-069-095-123-137-143-147-173-175-292100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
254 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 250 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST SANDUSKY COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40
MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON. IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING BE PRPARED TO MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY.

LVW
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour before
OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-291930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
319 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

A 315 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AND AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND HAVE
THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCATL NEWS MEDIA AS OTHER
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

WILLIAMS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:19 PM EDT, 1 hour before
OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-291930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
319 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

A 315 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AND AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND HAVE
THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA AS OTHER
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

WILLIAMS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:25 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
OHZALL-292130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
325 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 330 THIS AFTERNOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THE STRONGEST STORMS SOUTH OF TOLEDO AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SANDUSKY
COUNTY BY 4PM AND A STORM IN NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY WILL BE MOVING
INTO THE WESTERN SUBUBS OF CLEVELAND BEFORE 4PM. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE
MOVING THROUGH LAKE COUNTY AND ERIE COUNTY.

STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE ENTIRE STATE AND MAY
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:26 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
OHZALL-292130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
325 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 330 THIS AFTERNOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THE STRONGEST STORMS SOUTH OF TOLEDO AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SANDUSKY
COUNTY BY 4PM AND A STORM IN NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY WILL BE MOVING
INTO THE WESTERN SUBUBS OF CLEVELAND BEFORE 4PM. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE
MOVING THROUGH LAKE COUNTY AND ERIE COUNTY.

STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE ENTIRE STATE AND MAY
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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THOMPSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 9:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain44 min
Jun 28, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina56 min
Jun 28, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain43 min
Jun 28, 11:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina54 min
Jun 28, 11:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit64 min
Jun 28, 11:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina33 min
Jun 28, 11:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit56 min
Jun 29, 12:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage58 min
Jun 29, 1:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne67 min
Jun 29, 2:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull62 min
Jun 29, 2:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula27 min
Jun 29, 5:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLENoble, Washington43 min
Jun 29, 5:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGuernsey43 min
Jun 29, 5:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEBelmont, Monroe30 min
Jun 29, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne64 min
Jun 29, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana, Mahoning61 min
Jun 29, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Summit67 min
Jun 29, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga33 min
Jun 29, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit65 min
Jun 29, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina42 min
Jun 29, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull59 min
Jun 29, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECarroll, Stark64 min
Jun 29, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton, Guernsey67 min
Jun 29, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETuscarawas55 min
Jun 29, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECarroll63 min
Jun 29, 2:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford56 min
Jun 29, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie55 min
Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford58 min
Jun 29, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMercer69 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.