Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1994, 6:24 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1994, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1994, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Summit County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 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 072227 SVRCAK OHC153-072315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 624 PM EDT THU JUL 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS EXTENDED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...SUMMIT COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT 520 PM EDT INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF BARBERTON, OH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERAFBLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MARTIN
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 7, 3:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
OHZ021-022-072030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 335 PM EDT THU JUL 7 1994 THUNDERSTORMS PACKING HEAVY RAINS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR AT 330 PM INDICATED A STRONG STORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OF BATH AND ANOTHER NEAR BOSTON HEIGHTS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD TWINSBURG AND WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. RLB
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
OHZ021-022-072030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 335 PM EDT THU JUL 7 1994 THUNDERSTORMS PACKING HEAVY RAINS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR AT 330 PM INDICATED A STRONG STORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OF BATH AND ANOTHER NEAR BOSTON HEIGHTS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD TWINSBURG AND WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS TO ABOUT 40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. RLB
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 500 PM EDT THU JUL 07 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... ...SLOW MOVING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 500 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING UP TO ONE-INCH OF RAINFALL IN A ONE- HOUR PERIOD WERE OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA... FROM NEAR MT JEWETT...IN MCKEAN COUNTY EAST TO NEAR COUDERSPORT IN POTTER COUNTY. OTHER SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY TO THE NORTH OF YOUNGSVILLE AND WARREN AND ALSO OVER EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...EAST OF CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ONLY 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS ...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS SINCE THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. KEEP TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. BCL
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:55 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 556 PM EDT THU JUL 7 1994 STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 550 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY TO THE MANSFIELD AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT WARREN BY 615 PM EDT AND YOUNGSTOWN BY 630 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING ...AND FLOODING RAINS. DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA. SW/WK
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:00 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 600 PM EDT THU JUL 07 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCKEAN AND CAMERON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 600 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. WEATHER RADAR FROM ERIE AND DOPPLER RADAR FROM BOTH PITTSBURGH AND STATE COLLEGE SHOWED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM NEAR MT JEWETT...SOUTH TO NEAR RIDGWAY AND EAST TO EMPORIUM AND GALETON. OTHER SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN WARREN COUNTY. IN THE VICINITY OF YOUNGSVILLE AND TIDIOUTE. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WILL BE AFFECTING ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS ...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS SINCE THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. KEEP TUNED FOR LATER AND STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. BCL/NRS/FPW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:09 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 600 PM EDT THU JUL 07 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCKEAN AND CAMERON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 600 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. WEATHER RADAR FROM ERIE AND DOPPLER RADAR FROM BOTH PITTSBURGH AND STATE COLLEGE SHOWED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM NEAR MT JEWETT...SOUTH TO NEAR RIDGWAY AND EAST TO EMPORIUM AND GALETON. OTHER SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN WARREN COUNTY. IN THE VICINITY OF YOUNGSVILLE AND TIDIOUTE. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WILL BE AFFECTING ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS ...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS SINCE THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. KEEP TUNED FOR LATER AND STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. BCL/NRS/FPW
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, 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, 6:47 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.