Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 1:09 PM EDT for Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 2845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 KCLE 151709 SVRCLE OHC093-103-OHZ501-151800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 109 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...LORAIN COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 105 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A LINE OF POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELYRIA IN LORAIN COUNTY SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN MEDINA COUNTY TO NEAR LODI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE NORTH RIDGEVILLE...MEDINA AND BRUNSWICK. 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. 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, Apr 15, 10:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 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, 2 hours 27 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, 2 hours 13 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
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 12:49 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-048-058-131635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 1248 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OHIO...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT 1240 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLEVELAND SOUTH THROUGH AKRON... CANTON...DOVER...AND SAINT CLAIRSVILLE TO EAST OF PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AKRON SOUTHWEST THROUGH WOOSTER AND MILLERSBURG TO NEAR COLUMBUS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER ASHLAND COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL. THOSE ALONG THEIR PATH SHOULD TAKE SHELTER UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED. NIBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 38 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.