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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 29, 1994Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 6:18 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 1994, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Medina County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KCLE 292219 RRA
SVRCLE
OHC103-292300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
618 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MEDINA COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN MEDINA
COUNTY NEAR WESTFIELD CENTER. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO WADSWORTH BY 630 PM.  WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
LAPLANTE

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

Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
435 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

STORM SURVEYS BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FROM THE TUESDAY EVENING STORMS
ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO...TWO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.

THE FIRST TORNADO OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF WELLINGTON IN LORAIN COUNTY.
TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 9:47 PM EDT NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF JONES ROAD (ROUTE 5) AND PITTS ROAD (ROUTE 64). THE TORNADO MOVED
ALMOST DUE NORTH PARALLEL TO PITTS ROAD.

A RANCH STYLE HOME NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PITTS AND JONES WAS SEVERELY
DAMAGED BY THE TORNADO. THE ATTACHED GARAGE WAS DESTROYED AND MUCH OF
THE ROOF WAS REMOVED FROM THE HOME. DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED TO WINDOWS AND
THE INTERIOR OF THE HOME. THE DEBRIS FROM THE GARAGE WAS BLOWN ABOUT 50
FEET TO THE NORTH WHILE THE ROOF OF THE HOME REMAINED PRIMARILY INTACT
AND WAS BLOW ABOUT 200 FEET SOUTH OF THE SITE.

AS THE STORM MOVED NORTH...APPROXIMATELY 9 OTHER HOMES SUFFERED MINOR
DAMAGE, MOSTLY REMOVED SHINGLES, GUTTERS, AND SIDING. TWO BARNS WERE
DESTROYED. A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF TREES WERE DOWNED, SOME ON HOMES.
TWO UTILITY POLES WERE DESTROYED AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED.

THE STORM PROCEEDED NORTH AND CROSSED THE CONRAIL RAILROAD TRACKS. JUST
NORTH OF THE TRACKS...SOUTH OF ROUTE 18...THE TORNADO APPARENTLY LIFTED
BACK INTO THE THUNDERSTORM. THE TORNADO LASTED 2-3 MINUTES.

APPROX PATH LENGTH....1/2 MILE            APPROX PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...110 MPH    CLASSIFICATION...F1

THE SECOND TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED IN THE CITY OF MEDINA. IT TOUCHED DOWN
IN A SMALL LAKE OFF OF MEADOWLARK DRIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MEDINA AT
ABOUT 11:25 PM. THE TORNADO PROCEEDED GENERALLY NORTHEAST.

AS THE STORM PROCEEDED ACROSS MEADOWLARK DRIVE FOUR HOMES SUFFERED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...LARGE SECTIONS OF ROOF WERE REMOVED AND AN ATTACHED
GARAGE WAS DESTROYED ON ONE HOME. THE HOMES THEN SUFFERED ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE FROM THE HEAVY RAIN ENTERING THE HOMES.

THE TORNADO PROCEEDED TO PASS BY CLOVERDALE DRIVE AND HICKORY GROVE
AVENUE...PROBABLY NOT IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. ONLY MINOR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THIS AREA BUT MANY TREES WERE DOWNED.

AS THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD LAKE A NUMBER OF SMALL
BOATS AND BOAT DOCKS WERE DRIVEN ACROSS THE LAKE AND WERE DESTROYED AS
THEY WERE BLOWN ONSHORE. ROOF TRUSSES FROM ONE OF THE DAMAGED HOMES ON
MEADOWLARK...ABOUT 1/4 MILE AWAY...WERE FOUND IN THIS AREA. A SPLIT RAIL
FENCE WAS REMOVED...POSTS INCUDED...FROM THE GROUND ALONG THE LAKE.

THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED OR PASSED NEAR SHOREWOOD DRIVE...WOODHAVEN
...SHAGBARK...AND WESTWOOD AND THEN PASSED INTO A WOODED AREA IN OR NEAR
REAGAN PARK. A HOME ON SHAGBARK SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. A TOTAL OF
ABOUT 25 OTHER HOMES SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. SOME POWERLINES WERE DOWNED
AND SEVERAL AUTOMOBILES WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE TORNADO LIFTED BACK INTO
THE CLOUD IN THIS WOODED AREA. THE TORNADO LASTED ABOUT 3 MINUTES.

APPROX PATH LENGTH....1 MILE            APPROX PATH WIDTH...30 YARDS
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH  CLASSIFICATION...F1

KOSARIK

Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
435 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

STORM SURVEYS BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FROM THE TUESDAY EVENING STORMS
ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO...TWO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.

THE FIRST TORNADO OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF WELLINGTON IN LORAIN COUNTY.
TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 9:47 PM EDT NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF JONES ROAD (ROUTE 5) AND PITTS ROAD (ROUTE 64). THE TORNADO MOVED
ALMOST DUE NORTH PARALLEL TO PITTS ROAD.

A RANCH STYLE HOME NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PITTS AND JONES WAS SEVERELY
DAMAGED BY THE TORNADO. THE ATTACHED GARAGE WAS DESTROYED AND MUCH OF
THE ROOF WAS REMOVED FROM THE HOME. DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED TO WINDOWS AND
THE INTERIOR OF THE HOME. THE DEBRIS FROM THE GARAGE WAS BLOWN ABOUT 50
FEET TO THE NORTH WHILE THE ROOF OF THE HOME REMAINED PRIMARILY INTACT
AND WAS BLOW ABOUT 200 FEET SOUTH OF THE SITE.

AS THE STORM MOVED NORTH...APPROXIMATELY 9 OTHER HOMES SUFFERED MINOR
DAMAGE, MOSTLY REMOVED SHINGLES, GUTTERS, AND SIDING. TWO BARNS WERE
DESTROYED. A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF TREES WERE DOWNED, SOME ON HOMES.
TWO UTILITY POLES WERE DESTROYED AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED.

THE STORM PROCEEDED NORTH AND CROSSED THE CONRAIL RAILROAD TRACKS. JUST
NORTH OF THE TRACKS...SOUTH OF ROUTE 18...THE TORNADO APPARENTLY LIFTED
BACK INTO THE THUNDERSTORM. THE TORNADO LASTED 2-3 MINUTES.

APPROX PATH LENGTH....1/2 MILE            APPROX PATH WIDTH...50 YARDS
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...110 MPH    CLASSIFICATION...F1

THE SECOND TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED IN THE CITY OF MEDINA. IT TOUCHED DOWN
IN A SMALL LAKE OFF OF MEADOWLARK DRIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MEDINA AT
ABOUT 11:25 PM. THE TORNADO PROCEEDED GENERALLY NORTHEAST.

AS THE STORM PROCEEDED ACROSS MEADOWLARK DRIVE FOUR HOMES SUFFERED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...LARGE SECTIONS OF ROOF WERE REMOVED AND AN ATTACHED
GARAGE WAS DESTROYED ON ONE HOME. THE HOMES THEN SUFFERED ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE FROM THE HEAVY RAIN ENTERING THE HOMES.

THE TORNADO PROCEEDED TO PASS BY CLOVERDALE DRIVE AND HICKORY GROVE
AVENUE...PROBABLY NOT IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. ONLY MINOR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THIS AREA BUT MANY TREES WERE DOWNED.

AS THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD LAKE A NUMBER OF SMALL
BOATS AND BOAT DOCKS WERE DRIVEN ACROSS THE LAKE AND WERE DESTROYED AS
THEY WERE BLOWN ONSHORE. ROOF TRUSSES FROM ONE OF THE DAMAGED HOMES ON
MEADOWLARK...ABOUT 1/4 MILE AWAY...WERE FOUND IN THIS AREA. A SPLIT RAIL
FENCE WAS REMOVED...POSTS INCUDED...FROM THE GROUND ALONG THE LAKE.

THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED OR PASSED NEAR SHOREWOOD DRIVE...WOODHAVEN
...SHAGBARK...AND WESTWOOD AND THEN PASSED INTO A WOODED AREA IN OR NEAR
REAGAN PARK. A HOME ON SHAGBARK SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. A TOTAL OF
ABOUT 25 OTHER HOMES SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. SOME POWERLINES WERE DOWNED
AND SEVERAL AUTOMOBILES WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE TORNADO LIFTED0 BACK INTO
THE CLOUD IN THIS WOODED AREA. THE TORNADO LASTED ABOUT 3 MINUTES.

APPROX PATH LENGTH....1 MILE            APPROX PATH WIDTH...30 YARDS
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH  CLASSIFICATION...F1

KOSARIK

Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
444 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

STORM REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 29 1994

TIME  EDT    EVENT
.........................................................................
416 PM EDT   SKYWARN SPOTTER IN EASTERN ERIE COUTNY...5 MILES ENE
             OF WATERFORD REPORTED DIME TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND
             WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH.

WSO/ERIE

Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
444 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

STORM REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 29 1994

TIME  EDT    EVENT
....................................................................l.....
416 PM EDT   SKYWARN SPOTTER IN EASTERN ERIE COUTNY...5 MILES ENE
             OF WATERFORD REPORTED DIME TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND
             WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH.

WSO/ERIE

Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
454 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

ADDITIONAL STORM REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 29 1994

TIME  EDT    EVENT
.........................................................................
425 PM EDT   SKYWARN SPOTTER IN EASTERN ERIE COUTNY...3 MILES SE
             OF WATTSBURG REPORTED DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
             WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

432 PM EDT   SKYWARN SPOTTER IN THE TOWN OF CORRY...SOUTHEAST ERIE
             COUNTY...REPORTED UP TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND GUSTS TO
             55 MPH.

WSO/ERIE

Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
454 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994

ADDITIONAL STORM REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 29 1994

TIME  EDT    EVENT
.........................................................................
425 PM EDT   SKYWARN SPOTTER IN EASTERN ERIE COUTNY...3 MILES SE
             OF WATTSBURG REPORTED DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
             WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

432 PM EDT   SKYWARN SPOTTER IN THE TOWN OF CORRY...SOUTHEAST ERIE
             COUNTY...REPORTED UP TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND GUSTS TO
             55 MPH.

WSO/ERIE

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, 11:21 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, 6:46 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

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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.