Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1994, 2:20 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1994, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1994, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 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 041822 RRA SVRCLE OHC169-041915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 220 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...WAYNE COUNTY AT 220 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CONNEAUT SOUTHWEST THROUGH MEDINA COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL REACH WOOSTER BY 3PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS0 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, Aug 4, 11:40 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
OHZ001>010-015>019-024>030-034>038-042>047-051>057-060>066-070>072- 041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1140 AM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 600 PM EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE: LORAIN...SANDUSKY...FINDLAY... LIMA...TOLEDO...DAYTON...MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS. AT 1140 AM..DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM SANDUSKY...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LIMA AND THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES BY 1230 PM AND TOO NEAR LORAIN BY 130 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 11:42 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
OHZ001>010-015>019-024>030-034>038-042>047-051>057-060>066-070>072- 041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1140 AM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 600 PM EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE: LORAIN...SANDUSKY...FINDLAY... LIMA...TOLEDO...DAYTON...MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS. AT 1140 AM..DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM SANDUSKY...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LIMA AND THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES BY 1230 PM AND TOO NEAR LORAIN BY 130 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 12:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
OHZ014-PAZ001-002-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 125 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ASHTABULA...ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. AT 1220 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR IN INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE IN ASHTABULA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN EIRE AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BY 100 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:25 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
OHZ014-PAZ001-002-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 125 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ASHTABULA...ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. AT 1220 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR IN INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE IN ASHTABULA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN EIRE AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BY 100 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:52 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
OHZALL-PAZ001>003-041900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 152 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. THE WATCH REMAINS IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OHIO AS WELL AS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IN WESTERN OHIO THE WATCH EXPIRES AT 600 PM...WHILE THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE WATCH GOES UNTIL 800 PM. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ERIE PA...CLEVELAND...DAYTON... COLUMBUS AND ZANESVILLE. AT 145 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM PAINESVILLE IN LAKE COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NORTH OF DAYTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO AND TO AROUND DAYTON AND COLUMBUS BY 300 PM. NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED IN LORAIN COUNTY BETWEEN 1 AND 130 PM AND STREET FLOOD AND HIGH WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH IN CLEVELAND. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOOR IN SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES AND WARNINGS. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:53 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
OHZALL-PAZ001>003-041900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 152 PM EDT THU AUG 4 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. THE WATCH REMAINS IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OHIO AS WELL AS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IN WESTERN OHIO THE WATCH EXPIRES AT 600 PM...WHILE THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE WATCH GOES UNTIL 800 PM. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ERIE PA...CLEVELAND...DAYTON... COLUMBUS AND ZANESVILLE. AT 145 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM PAINESVILLE IN LAKE COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NORTH OF DAYTON. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO AND TO AROUND DAYTON AND COLUMBUS BY 300 PM. NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED IN LORAIN COUNTY BETWEEN 1 AND 130 PM AND STREET FLOOD AND HIGH WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH IN CLEVELAND. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOOR IN SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES AND WARNINGS. GABRIC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 58 min |
| Aug 4, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 68 min |
| Aug 4, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage, Summit | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey, Noble | 63 min |
| Aug 4, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Belmont, Harrison | 64 min |
| Aug 4, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Jefferson | 55 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.