Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1994, 4:34 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1994, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1994, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 022037 RRA SVRCLE OHC095-173-022130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 434 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...LUCAS COUNTY AND WOOD COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 435 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR THE TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT. WINDS GUSTED TO 58 MPH AT THE AIRPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINA`GE SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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, 3 hours 44 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, 3 hours 40 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, 3 hours 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 TELEVISIOND FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
Local storm report, Aug 2, 4:25 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
CLELSRTOL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 425 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 TO: CLE ATTN: LARRY GABRIC FM: TOL LUCAS COUNTY. 240 PM EDT...TIME ESTIMATED. NORTH TOLEDO. SIX INCH DIAMETER BRACNCHES DOWNED BY HIGH WIND. SOURCE...SKYWARN SPOTTER MURPHY
Local storm report, Aug 2, 4:28 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
CLELSRTOL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 425 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 TO: CLE ATTN: LARRY GABRIC FM: TOL LUCAS COUNTY. 240 PM EDT...TIME ESTIMATED. NORTH TOLEDO. SIX INCH DIAMETER BRACNCHES DOWNED BY HIGH WIND. SOURCE...SKYWARN SPOTTER MURPHY
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, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Wood | 57 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, 4:43 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.