Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1994, 9:42 PM EDT for Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1994, 9:42 PM EDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1994, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lake County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 841 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 260146 RRA SVRCLE OHC085-260230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 942 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...LAKE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 940 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE EAST BURKE LAKEFRONT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 48 MPH WERE REPORTED AT 850 PM IN THE CITY OF LORAIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. &
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 25, 6:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
PAZ005-006-260045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 639 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES POTTER COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM... AT 635 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN MCKEAN COUNTY IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM MT JEWETT TO NEAR PORT ALLEGENY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:42 PM EDT, 3 hours before
PAZ005-006-260045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 639 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES POTTER COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM... AT 635 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN MCKEAN COUNTY IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM MT JEWETT TO NEAR PORT ALLEGENY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN FHOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 8:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
OHZ0007>014-019>023-260200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
820 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NEAR THE CENTRAL LAKESHORE
COUNTIES OF OHIO THIS EVENING.
AT 825 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE LAKE NORTH OF HURON IN ERIE COUNTY.
THE WINDS FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL
ERIE COUNTY AND WESTERN HURON COUNTY WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH
AND WIND GUSTS FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH LORAIN
COUNTY...MAINLY THE NORTH HALF BY 9 PM EDT WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE CENTRAL LAKESHORE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE
ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
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OHZ0007>014-019>023-260200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 820 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NEAR THE CENTRAL LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 825 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE LAKE NORTH OF HURON IN ERIE COUNTY. THE WINDS FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY AND WESTERN HURON COUNTY WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WIND GUSTS FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH LORAIN COUNTY...MAINLY THE NORTH HALF BY 9 PM EDT WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE CENTRAL LAKESHORE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE" ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:07 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-008-009-010-011-260315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 907 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA HAS EXPIRED... ...A MARINE WARNING FOR LAKE ERIE FROM HURON TO CONNEAUT OHIO IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM... AT 900 PM WEATHER RADAR IN ERIE INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SHINGLEHOUSE AREA OF NORTHWEST POTTER COUNTY. THE REMAINDER OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WAS CLEAR OF PRECIPITATION. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM PORT ROWAN ONTARIO SOUTHWEST TO LORAIN OHIO. THIS AREA IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY EFFECT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS LATER THIS EVENING. TP/NS
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:08 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-008-009-010-011-260315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 907 PM EDT MON JUL 25 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA HAS EXPIRED... ...A MARINE WARNING FOR LAKE ERIE FROM HURON TO CONNEAUT OHIO IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM... AT 900 PM WEATHER RADAR IN ERIE INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SHINGLEHOUSE AREA OF NORTHWEST POTTER COUNTY. THE REMAINDER OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WAS CLEAR OF PRECIPITATION. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM PORT ROWAN ONTARIO SOUTHWEST TO LORAIN OHIO. THIS AREA IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY EjFFECT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS LATER THIS EVENING. TP/NS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 27 min |
Nearby
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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.