Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1994, 6:32 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1994, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1994, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 292232 RRA SVRCAK OHC167-292315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 632 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTHEAST OHIO ...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 630PM EDT AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF MARIETTA MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISzTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THOMPSON
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 29, 12:32 PM EDT, 6 hours before
OHZ003-291800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1232 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 1994 AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE METROPOLITAN TOLEDO AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1230 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER NORTH AND WEST TOLEDO. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. ACCORDING TO DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND...THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED 1.9 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 1130 AND 1230 PM. THE STORM SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT IN THE PAST HALF HOUR. THE STORM WILL LIKELY REMAIN OVER LUCAS COUNTY THROUGH 130 PM. WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER AND NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 510 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM EDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO. THIS INCLUDES MORROW AND KNOX COUNTIES. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MORROW COUNTY UNTIL 8PM EDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR MORROW AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES WERE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT. AT 5PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED OVER SOTHWEST MORROW COUNTY FOR THE LAST TWO HOURS WITH INDICATIONS FROM DOPPLER RADAR OF THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT IS LITTLE WITH STORMS SLOWLY DRIFTING TO THE NORTH INTENSE RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. CURRY
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 510 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM EDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO. THIS INCLUDES MORROW AND KNOX COUNTIES. A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MORROW COUNTY UNTIL 8PM EDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR MORROW AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES WERE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT. AT 5PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PERSISTED OVER SOTHWEST MORROW COUNTY FOR THE LAST TWO HOURS WITH INDICATIONS FROM DOPPLER RADAR OF THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT IS LITTLE WITH STORMS SLOWLY DRIFTING TO THE NORTH INTENSE RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. CURRY
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:24 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 625 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT.... AT 620 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIFFIN IN SENECA COUNTY TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA IN PUTNAM COUNTY. THE STONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF FINDLAY IN HANCOCK COUNTY AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST AND MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS &ARE IN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. DP
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 625 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT.... AT 620 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIFFIN IN SENECA COUNTY TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA IN PUTNAM COUNTY. THE STONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF FINDLAY IN HANCOCK COUNTY AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST AND MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. WATCH FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS. DP
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
OHZ076-292330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 625 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 1994_ STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 620 PM EDT AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PARKERSBURG WV MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH WASHINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN 630 AND 715 PM THIS EVENING PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AND VERY FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton | 45 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.