Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 6:57 PM EDT for Elk County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elk County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 2845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 152258 SVRERI PAC047-160000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 657 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...ELK COUNTY AT 652 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST INTO ELK COUNTY AT 40 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF STRONG WINDS THAT ARE CAUSING DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND LARGE TREES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YO4UR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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, 1:52 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 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, 4 hours 34 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, 4 hours 33 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
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 4:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
OHZALL-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 433 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF EASTERN OHIO AT 430 PM. HOWEVER...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE STATE. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE BUCKEYE STATE TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL DEVELOP RIGHT ALONG THIS FRONT SO PEOPLE ACROSS OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE STATE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON DID QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE. THE MOST SEVERE DAMAGE OCCURRED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS DESTROYED A TRAILER IN ADAMS COUNTY AND CAUSED ONE FATALITY. TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN SCIOTO COUNTY AROUND 115 PM AND IN JACKSON COUNTY NEAR THE SCIOTO COUNTY LINE AROUND 145 PM. NEITHER OF THESE TORNADOES CAUSED ANY INJURIES OR FATALITIES ACCORDING TO REPORTS...ALTHOUGH SOME ROOFS WERE DAMAGED AND AN OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED BY THE TORNADO IN JACKSON COUNTY. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT...COOLER AIR WILL INVADE THE STATE FOR THE WEEKEND. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY...BUT PARTLY SUNNY WEATHER SHOULD BE THE RULE SUNDAY. HIGHS OVER THE WEEKEND WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 50S. ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAP...A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM LAKE MICHIGAN TO WESTERN TENNESSEE. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF OHIO BY SATURDAY MORNING AND TO THE EAST COAST BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. GERARD
Local storm report, Apr 15, 4:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
440 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994
STORM REPORTS FROM FRIDAY APRIL 15...
145 PM CUYAHOGA COUNTY LARGE LIMBS DOWNED SPOTTER
BAY VILLAGE
159 PM CUYAHOGA COUNTY TREE DOWNED ON CAR LOCAL POLICE
BEDFORD HEIGHTS
210 PM CUYAHOGA COUNTY TREE DOWNED LOCAL POLICE
LAKEWOOD
218 PM LAKE COUNTY 61 MPH WINDS FAA
LOST NATION
AIRPORT
230 PM GEAUGA COUNTY LARGE LIMB DOWNED STATE POLICE
CHARDON ON SOUTH STREET
250 PM ASHTABULA COUNTY LARGE LIMBS DOWNED SHERIFF
ASHTABULA TWP ON ROUTE 84
KOSARIKLocal storm report, Apr 15, 5:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
CLELSRTOL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 515 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 TO: CLE FM: TOL STORM REPORT FOR FRIDAY APRIL 15 1994 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 92 1149 AM EDT LUCAS CO. NICKLE-SIZE HAIL CENTINIAL AT HILL SKYWARN 1153 AM EDT LUCAS CO. NICKLE-SIZE HAIL SYLVANIA AT MCCORD SKYWARN MURPHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 59 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.