Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 1:58 PM EDT for Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 151758 SVRCLE OHC055-085-151845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 158 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...GEAUGA COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 155 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BRATHENAHL TO BEDFORD HEIGHTS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. AT 145 PM LARGE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN IN BAY VILLAGE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER ANND PREPARE FOR STRONG... DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. JOHNSON &
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, 3 hours 22 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, 3 hours 16 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, 3 hours 2 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, 1 hour 9 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
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 1:52 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-048-058-131635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 145 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 145PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CLEVELAND SOUTH THROUGH SUMMIT AND STARK COUNTIES INTO TUSCARAWAS COUNTY. POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MEDINA COUNTY...SUMMIT COUNTY AND STARK COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL OHIO FROM FINDAY THROUGH COLUMBUS TO NEAR PORTSMOUTH IN SOUTHERN OHIO. THERE WERE ALSO A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. 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, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 51 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, 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.