Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1994, 2:33 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ottawa County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1994, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1994, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Wood County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 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 KCLE 021835 RRA SVRCLE OHC095-123-173-021930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 233 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...LUCAS COUNTY...OTTAWA COUNTY...WOOD COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 200 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOLEDO. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL TRACK JUST NORTH OF THE TURNPIKE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING..D.AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. GABRIC
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, Aug 2, 12:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
OHZ002>003-005>014-017>023-027>032-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1250 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1245 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST THROUGH YOUNGSTOWN AND THEN ON TO NEAR COLUMBUS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. A THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER HOLMES COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF MILLERSBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT MEANS THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
OHZ002>003-005>014-017>023-027>032-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1250 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1245 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST THROUGH YOUNGSTOWN AND THEN ON TO NEAR COLUMBUS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. A THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER HOLMES COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF MILLERSBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT MEANS THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION@ FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
OHZ002>003-005>014-017>023-027>032-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1250 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1245 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST THROUGH YOUNGSTOWN AND THEN ON TO NEAR COLUMBUS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. A THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER HOLMES COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF MILLERSBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT MEANS THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISIOND FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Tuscarawas | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey, Noble | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Carroll | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 6:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 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.