Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1994, 11:30 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1994, 11:30 PM EDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1994, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Portage County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 3989 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 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 070332 SVRCAK OHC133-070430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 1130 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS EXTENDED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...PORTAGE COUNTY AT 1125 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARRETTSVILLE IN PORTAGE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 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. ALTO
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, 7:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
OHZALL-070100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 757 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE AKRON...CANTON...CLEVELAND... DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA...LORAIN...MANSFIELD...SANDUSKY AND TOLEDO. AT 757 PM EDT CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. 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, 8:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
OHZALL-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 850 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE AKRON...CANTON...CLEVELAND... DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA...LORAIN...MANSFIELD...SANDUSKY AND TOLEDO. AT 850 PM EDT CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING IN INTENSITY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO SINCE 8 PM. 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. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
OHZALL-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 850 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE AKRON...CANTON...CLEVELAND... DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA...LORAIN...MANSFIELD...SANDUSKY AND TOLEDO. AT 850 PM EDT CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING IN INTENSITY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO SINCE 8 PM. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMA0TION...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-070200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
859 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR A LARGE
PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO.
SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE AKRON...CANTON...MANSFIELD AND
CLEVELAND.
RADAR AT 850 PM INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OHIO.
ONE STORM WAS OVER EASTERN ASHLAND COUNTY AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 20 MPH. THIS STORM MAY BRUSH WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY AND WILL
PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 35 MPH UNTIL ABOUT
10 PM. THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF SANDUSKY.
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SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST THROUGH
SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES.
NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT THE AIR OVER NORTHERN OHIO
IS VERY UNSTABLE AND IS CONDUCIVE TO THE FORMATION OF SEVERE
STORMS.
RLBSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 8:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-070200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
859 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR A LARGE
PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO.
SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE AKRON...CANTON...MANSFIELD AND
CLEVELAND.
RADAR AT 850 PM INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OHIO.
ONE STORM WAS OVER EASTERN ASHLAND COUNTY AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
ABOUT 20 MPH. THIS STORM MAY BRUSH WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY AND WILL
PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 35 MPH UNTIL ABOUT
10 PM. THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF SANDUSKY.
{
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST THROUGH
SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES.
NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT THE AIR OVER NORTHERN OHIO
IS VERY UNSTABLE AND IS CONDUCIVE TO THE FORMATION OF SEVERE
STORMS.
RLBSpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 9:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
OHZ020-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 913 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE AKRON...CANTON...CLEVELAND... DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...LIMA...LORAIN...MANSFIELD...SANDUSKY AND TOLEDO. AT 910 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM JUST E|AST OF THE CITY OF LITCHFIELD IN MEDINA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PASSETTI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 10:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 12:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 66 min |
| Jul 7, 4:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Belmont, Monroe | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 58 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.