Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1994, 7:57 PM EDT for Carroll County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1994, 7:57 PM EDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1994, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carroll County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAK 292357 SVRCAK OHC019-300100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 757 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...CARROLL COUNTY RADAR AT 755 PM INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF DENNISON. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED WINDS OF 55 TO 60 MPH AT NEW COMMERSTOWN AT ABOUT 740 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. RLB
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, 4:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 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/ERIELocal storm report, Jun 29, 4:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 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/ERIELocal storm report, Jun 29, 4:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 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/ERIELocal storm report, Jun 29, 4:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 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/ERIESpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 6:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008-292315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 620 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO FORM ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING... RADAR AT 620 PM SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG IN INTENSITY ...SCATTERED THROUGHOUT ERIE...CRAWFORD...VENANGO...WARREN AND MCKEAN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF LINESVILLE ...AND NORTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF YOUNGSVILLE IN WARREN COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES OF WESTERN NEW YORK...AND ALSO OVER CUYAHOGA AND PORTAGE COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DOWPOURS OF RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION... THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS THIS EVENING FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LAMBERT/BELK
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008-292315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 620 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO FORM ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING... RADAR AT 620 PM SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG IN INTENSITY ...SCATTERED THROUGHOUT ERIE...CRAWFORD...VENANGO...WARREN AND MCKEAN COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF LINESVILLE ...AND NORTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF YOUNGSVILLE IN WARREN COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS CHAUTAUQUA AND CATTARAUGUS COUNTIES OF WESTERN NEW YORK...AND ALSO OVER CUYAHOGA AND PORTAGE COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DOWPOURS OF RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IN ADDITION... THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 6KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS THIS EVENING FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LAMBERT/BELK
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, 6:18 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 |
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.