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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 6, 1994Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1994, 4:25 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1994, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1994, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Ashtabula County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2419 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 
TTAA00 KCLE 062025
SVRCLE
OHC007-062100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
425 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ASHTABULA COUNTY
 
AT 425 PM EDT CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR COLEBROOK. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.
 
HOVbIS

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 6, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
OHZ001>009-015>019-051935-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
239 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO
UNTIL 8 PM EDT.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE TOLEDO AND DEFIANCE.

AT 239 PM EDT CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN THE
WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN
OHIO. THE STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE AIRMASS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND THERE
IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY SHOULD
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.

HOVIS
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:18 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
OHZ014-062115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
419 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY.

AT 419 PM EDT CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF ORWELL TO ANDOVER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

PEOPLE IN THIS \AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.

HOVIS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 9:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Lorain24 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.