Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 3:01 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 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 KERI 151900 SVRERI PAC039-049-152000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 301 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...ERIE COUNTY AND AJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS AT 258 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUTNIES OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AT 50 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OFTEN DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LIITLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BELK
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, 10:42 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 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, 4 hours 5 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, 2 hours 12 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, 1 hour 9 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
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:23 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PAZ001>003-151900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 215 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTY TIL 7 P.M... ...LINE OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE AND DOPPLER RADAR FROM CLEVELAND OHIO SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM THE WEST CENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...SOUTH TO NEAR GENEVA OHIO...TO NEAR GARRETTSVILLE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTY IN PENNSYL- VANIA AROUND 3 P.M. EDT. THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE AS THEY MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION! REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND SURROUNDING AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. WHEN THUNDER- STORMS ARE OCCURRING...ITS BEST TO REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS... OR THE WEATHER CHANNEL FOR LATER UPDATES. LAMBERT/PARRISH/WELLS
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 2:24 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
0HZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-151930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN, OH 223 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 AT 215 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTH FROM CLEVELAND THROUGH THE AKRON-CANTON AREA TO NEAR ZANESVILLE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO ENTER TRUMBULL...MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OHIO BY 230 PM EDT. THIS LINE OF STORMS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO. PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE WARREN AND YOUNGSTOWN AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION AS THESE STORMS APPROACH THOSE CITIES SHORTLY AFTER 230 PM EDT. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT TONIGHT. TORNADOES WERE REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL OHIO AROUND 100 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD THREATEN YOU. USE YOUR HEAD...THE ACTIONS YOU TAKE MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. KUBINA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Elk | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | McKean | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.