Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1994, 3:47 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1994, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1994, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 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 hour 39 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, 2:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-021930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 227 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING TRUMBULL...MAHONING...COLUMBIANA...MERCER...AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT. AT 225 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME NORTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY SOUTHWEST TOWARD COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT WARREN BY 245 PM EDT...YOUNGSTOWN AND SHARON BY 315 PM EDT...AND NEW CASTLE BY 400 PM EDT. RESIDENTS OF THE MAHONING AND SHENANGO VALLEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-021930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 227 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING TRUMBULL...MAHONING...COLUMBIANA...MERCER...AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT. AT 225 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME NORTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY SOUTHWEST TOWARD COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT WARREN BY 245 PM EDT...YOUNGSTOWN AND SHARON BY 315 PM EDT...AND NEW CASTLE BY 400 PM &EDT. RESIDENTS OF THE MAHONING AND SHENANGO VALLEYS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016-022000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 228 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST OHIO...WYANDOT COUNTY...UNTIL 8 PM EDT. AT 215 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM NORTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE LOWER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN OUR AREA WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UPPER SANDUSKY IN WYANDOT COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SINCE THIS IS A HOLIDAY WEEKEND...MANY PEOPLE ARE SPENDING IT OUTSIDE AT CAMPGROUNDS...RESORTS AND BACKYARDS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR ANY OTHER MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DP
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016-022000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 228 PM EDT SAT JUL 2 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST OHIO...WYANDOT COUNTY...UNTIL 8 PM EDT. AT 215 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM NORTHEAST OHIO...SOUTHWESTWARD TO THE LOWER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN OUR AREA WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UPPER SANDUSKY IN WYANDOT COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGERO*US LIGHTNING. SINCE THIS IS A HOLIDAY WEEKEND...MANY PEOPLE ARE SPENDING IT OUTSIDE AT CAMPGROUNDS...RESORTS AND BACKYARDS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR ANY OTHER MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 66 min |
| 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 |
| Jul 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mercer | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Venango | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.