Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1994, 12:13 AM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 1994, 12:13 AM EDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1994, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Portage County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 10:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 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, 2 hours 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 56 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 54 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, 11:46 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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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 20, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 68 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.