Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1994, 11:37 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 1994, 11:37 PM EDT (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1994, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stark County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 210339 RRA SVRCAK OHC151-210445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 1137 PM EDT WED JUL 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...STARK COUNTY AT 1135 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR AT THE AKRON CANTON AIRPORT INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MALVERN MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH. AT 1130 PM EDT THE CARROLL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT CARROLL COUNTY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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 20, 8:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
OHZ001>009-015>019-024>028-034-035-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 859 PM EDT WED JUL 20 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE WESTERN THIRD OF LAKE ERIE. SOME MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE TOLEDO...FINDLAY...LIMA... SANDUSKY...DEFIANCE...TIFFIN...BUCYRUS AND NORWALK. AT 850 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM FLINT MICHIGAN SOUTH TO NEAR DEFIANCE OHIO. THIS INCLUDED MUCH OF WILLIAMS...FULTON AND DEFIANCE COUNTIES IN OHIO. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONFINED TO MICHIGAN JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO STATE LINE. THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF THIS MOVEMENT CONTINUES THE BAND SHOULD BE JUST WEST OF A TOLEDO TO FINDLAY LINE BY ABOUT 1000 PM. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY INFORMED THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A FEW OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHERN OHIO MAINLY FROM COLUMBUS TO DAYTON AND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER NEAR PARKERSBURG AND HUNTINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 9:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
OHZ001>009-015>019-024>028-034-035-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 859 PM EDT WED JUL 20 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE WESTERN THIRD OF LAKE ERIE. SOME MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE TOLEDO...FINDLAY...LIMA... SANDUSKY...DEFIANCE...TIFFIN...BUCYRUS AND NORWALK. AT 850 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM FLINT MICHIGAN SOUTH TO NEAR DEFIANCE OHIO. THIS INCLUDED MUCH OF WILLIAMS...FULTON AND DEFIANCE COUNTIES IN OHIO. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONFINED TO MICHIGAN JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO STATE LINE. THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF THIS MOVEMENT CONTINUES THE BAND SHOULD BE JUST WEST OF A TOLEDO TO FINDLAY LINE BY ABOUT 1000 PM. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY INFORMED THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A FEW OTHER SHOWERS AND TH UNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHERN OHIO MAINLY FROM COLUMBUS TO DAYTON AND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER NEAR PARKERSBURG AND HUNTINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
OHZ001>009-015>019-024>028-034-035-210300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1010 PM EDT WED JUL 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN LAKE ERIE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 1000 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND WAS STILL SHOWING A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO AND ALSO IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. A BAND OF STORMS IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO STRETCHED FROM FINDLAY SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF KENTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE WARNING WAS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF HARDIN COUNTY JUST WEST OF DUNKIRK. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY NEAR ARLINGTON BY 1020 PM AND MAY REACH FINDLAY BY AROUND 1040 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OHIO IN WILLIAMS AND DEFIANCE COUNTIES AND IN SOUTHWEST OHIO NEAR DAYTON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF ZANESVILLE. EXCEPT FOR THE FEW STRONG STORMS IN HARDIN COUNTY...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD SHOWED A GENERAL WEAKENING TREND DURING THE PAST HOUR ALLOWING FOR A CANCELLATION OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. RESIDENTS OF OHIO SHOULD STILL BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
OHZ001>009-015>019-024>028-034-035-210300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1010 PM EDT WED JUL 20 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR HARDIN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND WESTERN LAKE ERIE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 1000 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND WAS STILL SHOWING A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO AND ALSO IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. A BAND OF STORMS IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO STRETCHED FROM FINDLAY SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN HARDIN COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF KENTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE WARNING WAS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF HARDIN COUNTY JUST WEST OF DUNKIRK. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY NEAR ARLINGTON BY 1020 PM AND MAY REACH FINDLAY BY AROUND 1040 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OHIO IN WILLIAMS AND DEFIANCE COUNTIES AND IN SOUTHWEST OHIO NEAR DAYTON. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF ZANESVILLE. EXCEPT FOR THE FEW STRONG STORMS IN HARDIN COUNTY...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD SHOWED A GENERAL WEAKENING TREND DURING THE PAST HOUR ALLOWING FOR A CANCELLATION OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. RESIDENTS OF OHIO SHOULD STILL BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-210330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1017 PM EDT WED JUL 20 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 1015 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. OVERALL THERE HAS BEEN A WEAKENING TREND AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY. THE STORM IN SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR FOSTORIA...15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FINDLAY...AROUND 1040 PM. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD STILL BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. < MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-210330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1017 PM EDT WED JUL 20 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 1015 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. OVERALL THERE HAS BEEN A WEAKENING TREND AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY. THE STORM IN SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR FOSTORIA...15 MILES NORTHEAST OF FINDLAY...AROUND 1040 PM. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD STILL BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. < MURPHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Harrison | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Carroll | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 12:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 62 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.