Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1994, 10:09 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1994, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1994, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lucas County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 2204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOL 080210 SVRTOL OHC095-080245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1009 PM EDT THU JUL 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...LUCAS COUNTY AT 1008 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWNTOWN TOLEDO. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT EAST TOLEDO AND POINT PLACE BY 1020 PM. THE STORM WILL ALSO MOVE OUT OVER MAUMEE BAY BY 1030 PM. 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. MURPHY
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, 6:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 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, 4 hours 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, 7:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 700 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... ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE SHOWED SLOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER THE PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR YOUNGSVILLE...EAST THROUGH WARREN AND CLARENDON IN WARREN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER FOREST COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MARIENVILLE...AND ALSO OVER MCKEAN COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF LUDLOW...KANE AND BRADFORD. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED 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 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. 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, 7:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 700 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... ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE SHOWED SLOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER THE PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR YOUNGSVILLE...EAST THROUGH WARREN AND CLARENDON IN WARREN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER FOREST COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MARIENVILLE...AND ALSO OVER MCKEAN COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF LUDLOW...KANE AND BRADFORD. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED 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 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. 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 AN&D STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. BCL/NRS/FPW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 7:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 710 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... ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE SHOWED SLOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR YOUNGSVILLE...EAST THROUGH WARREN AND CLARENDON IN WARREN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER FOREST COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MARIENVILLE...AND ALSO OVER MCKEAN COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF LUDLOW...KANE AND BRADFORD. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED 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 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 DEPTH OF THE WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT 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, 7:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 710 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... ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE SHOWED SLOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR YOUNGSVILLE...EAST THROUGH WARREN AND CLARENDON IN WARREN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER FOREST COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MARIENVILLE...AND ALSO OVER MCKEAN COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF LUDLOW...KANE AND BRADFORD. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED 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 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 DEPTH OF6 THE WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT 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 7, 9:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 46 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.