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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 7, 1994Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1994, 3:06 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 1994, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 1994, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Seneca County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 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 KTOL 071907
SVRTOL
OHC147-072000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
306 PM EDT THU JUL 7 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...SENECA COUNTY
 
AT 307 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALVADA...12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIFFIN.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TOWN OF NEW RIEGEL IS IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VVERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
DIEFENDERFER
 
 
 
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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

Local storm report, Jul 7, 9:42 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
935 AM EDT THU JUL 07 1994

STORM REPORTS FOR ADDITIONAL REPORTS FOR WED JUL 06

TIME  EDT    EVENT
.........................................................................
1800 EDT     EMA VENANGO COUNTY REPORTED SCATTERED FIRES CAUSED BY SEVERE
             LIGHTNING CAUSING POWER OUTAGES/GARAGE FIRE IN CORNPLANTER
             TWP.

1825 EDT     EMA MCKEAN COUNTY REPORTED FLOODING OF THE TUNUNQWANT CREEK
             ALONG LANGMAID LANE AT RT 346 IN BRADFORD TWP.  ALSO LARGE
             LIMBS DOWNED CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

PARRISH

Local storm report, Jul 7, 11:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
1127 AM EDT THU JUL 7 1994

STORM DAMAGE FOR JULY 7TH

TIME                COUNTY            DAMAGE            SOURCE

520 AM EDT          MONROE            TREES DOWN IN     MONROE COUNTY
                                      THE MILTONSBURG   SHERIFF
                                      AREA
                                      (NW PART OF COUNTY)

THOMPSON/CAK

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

OHZ016-017-071900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
205 PM EDT THU JUL 7 1994

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO
THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 200 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM
COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED AROUND 3/4
OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL AS THEY MOVED THROUGH THE CITY OF
VAN WERT IN VAN WERT COUNTY.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST HANCOCK
COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND
20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS
PASS.

BARNES

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

OHZ016-017-071900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
205 PM EDT THU JUL 7 1994

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO
THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 200 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM
COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED AROUND 3/4
OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL AS THEY MOVED THROUGH THE CITY OF
VAN WERT IN VAN WERT COUNTY.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST HANCOCK
COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND
20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS
PASS.

BARNES

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:15 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

PAZ002-003-072000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
209 PM EDT THU JUL 07 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 205 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS
DEVELOPED ALONG THE OHIO...PENNSYLVANIA BORDER SOUTH OF CONNEAUT.

THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
BE EFFECTING NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ALONG THE ERIE...CRAWFORD COUNTY
BORDER.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY BE THE FIRST OF NUMEROUS TO DEVELOPE THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE WARM UNSTABLE AIR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND SMALL HAIL.  DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS HEAVY DOW\NPOURS MAY
POSE A FLOODING PROBLEM IF STORMS REPEAT OVER THE SAME AREAS.

PARRISH/LAMBERT

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:50 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

OHZ009-010-011-012-013-014-019-020-071945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
251 PM EDT THU JUL 7 1994

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST OHIO.

AT 251 PM EDT CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN OHIO. THE STORMS WERE GENERALLY LOCATED
IN A LINE FROM NORTHEAST OF JEFFERSON IN ASHTABULA COUNTY TO CHARDON IN
NORTHERN GEAUGA COUNTY TO CLEVELAND. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED IN MEDINA COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF HINKLEY.

THE ST0RMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN
THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE` TO SHELTER SHOULD
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.

HOVIS

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 6, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	60 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, 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

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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.