Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1994, 5:09 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1994, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 4 hours 19 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, 4 hours 15 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, 4 hours 14 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, 44 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, 41 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, 4:34 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 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.