Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1994, 2:09 PM EDT for Portage County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1994, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1994, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 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 021822 COR SVRCAK OHC133-153-021915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 209 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...PORTAGE COUNTY...SUMMIT COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT THE AKRON CANTON AIRPORT INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE SUMMIT-MEDINA COUNTY BORDER WEST OF AKRON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD AFFECT AKRON BETWEEN 230 PM AND 3 PM EDT. THE STORM WAS OBSERVED AT 205 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MARTIN CORRECTED FOR TIME OF OBSERVATION OF POS SIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
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, Jul 2, 1:34 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
OHZ004-007-DDHHHH- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 1230 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1994 WEATHER RADAR AT THE AKRON CANTON AIRPORT AT 1225 PM EDT INDICATED A VERY RAPID DEVELOPING LINES OF THUNDERTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM FINDLY OH THRU WOOSTER OH TO SHARON PA. MOVEMENT APPEARS TO BE TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY AND COULD PRODUCE HAEVY RAIN.. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN WAYNE STARK AND SUMMIT COUNTIES UBTIL 330 PM EDT. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:34 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
OHZ004-007-DDHHHH- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 1230 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1994 WEATHER RADAR AT THE AKRON CANTON AIRPORT AT 1225 PM EDT INDICATED A VERY RAPID DEVELOPING LINES OF THUNDERTORMS ALONG A LINE FROM FINDLY OH THRU WOOSTER OH TO SHARON PA. MOVEMENT APPEARS TO BE TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY AND COULD PRODUCE HAEVY RAIN.. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN WAYNE STARKl AND SUMMIT COUNTIES UBTIL 330 PM EDT. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:37 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
OHZALL-021840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 137 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO... AT 137 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR CHARDON IN GEAUGA COUNTY THROUGH MEDINA IN MEDINA COUNTY TO NEAR KENTON IN HARDIN COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY COUNTINUE TO TREK SOUTHEASTERLY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP NEAR COLUMBUS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE STATE AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS THE FRONT CONTINUES IS SOUTHEASTERLY PROGRESSION. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MONITOR NOOA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. PASSETTI *Y6WWUS [#FXUSb6`WWUS Do6WWUSR u 6WWUS$ kWWUSV Bq`WWUSZ Tc<6WWUS !@FTUM rx2FTMXH1cFTEW0/FTAKH6WWUS XWOUS4r l `WWUS, bWWUSd Ldf6WWUS VVWWUS G>6WWUS0 hE6WWUS $Z&6WWUS X6WWUS
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:40 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
OHZALL-021840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 137 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO... AT 137 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR CHARDON IN GEAUGA COUNTY THROUGH MEDINA IN MEDINA COUNTY TO NEAR KENTON IN HARDIN COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY COUNTINUE TO TREK SOUTHEASTERLY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP NEAR COLUMBUS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE STATE AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AS THE FRONT CONTINUES IS SOUTHEASTERLY PROGRESSION. PERSONS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MONITOR NOOA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION. PASSETTI
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:00 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PAZ002>006-008>011-022000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 200 PM EDT SAT JUL 02 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE ACROSS THE REGION... AT 200 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SCATTERED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRADFORD IN MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST... THROUGH FOREST COUNTY INTO VENANGO COUNTY NEAR FRANKLIN. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WARREN COUNTY...SOUTHWEST THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTY ENTERING NORTHEAST OHIO NEAR ANDOVER AND CONTINUING TO NEAR MANSFIELD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PARRISH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:08 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PAZ002>006-008>011-022000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 200 PM EDT SAT JUL 02 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE ACROSS THE REGION... AT 200 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SCATTERED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRADFORD IN MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST... THROUGH FOREST COUNTY INTO VENANGO COUNTY NEAR FRANKLIN. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WARREN COUNTY...SOUTHWEST THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTY ENTERING NORTHEAST OHIO NEAR ANDOVER AND CONTINUING TO NEAR MANSFIELD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PARRISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana, Mahoning | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 61 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.