Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 268, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1994, 9:04 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1994, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1994, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Portage County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1877 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCLE 140106 RRA SVRCLE OHC133-140200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 904 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...PORTAGE COUNTY AT 904 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM TWINSBURG IN NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY TO WADSWORTH IN MEDINA COUNTY. THESE STORMS DOWNED TREES IN RICHFIELD AND WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG... DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO 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 13, 4:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
OHZALL-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 435 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH IS ROUGHLY WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VERMILLION TO MOUNT VERNON TO GREENVILLE. CITIES IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE: SANDUSKY...MARION... LIMA...FINDLAY...DEFIANCE...AND TOLEDO. AT 430 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO. FURTHER TO THE WEST HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRENGTHENING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. THE AIRMASS ACROSS OHIO IS VERY UNSTABLE AND THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN OHIO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH TONIGHT. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING THREAT. KING
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
OHZALL-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 435 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH IS ROUGHLY WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VERMILLION TO MOUNT VERNON TO GREENVILLE. CITIES IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE: SANDUSKY...MARION... LIMA...FINDLAY...DEFIANCE...AND TOLEDO. AT 430 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO. FURTHER TO THE WEST HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRENGTHENING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. THE AIRMASS ACROSS OHIO IS VERY UNSTABLE AND THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN OHIO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH TONIGHT. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS ARE AD VISED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING THREAT. KING
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
OHZALL-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 535 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH IS ROUGHLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM VERMILLION TO MOUNT VERNON TO GREENVILLE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA ARE VAN WERT...DEFIANCE...LIMA...TOLEDO...BOLWING GREEN...FINDLAY... TIFFIN...MARION...NORWALK AND MANSFIELD. AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER IN CLEVELAND SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO JUST NORTHWEST OF TOLEDO ON INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BY 630 PM EDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM THE ISLANDS TO TOLEDO TO JUST NORTHWEST OF LIMA. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR TONIGHT. IF YOU LIVE IN THE WATCH AREA...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING INFORMATION. BARJENBRUCH : ,,>J~WvV2"i6|JvnDfpJZB:26&~&82v> zj
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
OHZALL-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 535 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WATCH IS ROUGHLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM VERMILLION TO MOUNT VERNON TO GREENVILLE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA ARE VAN WERT...DEFIANCE...LIMA...TOLEDO...BOLWING GREEN...FINDLAY... TIFFIN...MARION...NORWALK AND MANSFIELD. AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER IN CLEVELAND SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO JUST NORTHWEST OF TOLEDO ON INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BY 630 PM EDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM THE ISLANDS TO TOLEDO TO JUST NORTHWEST OF LIMA. IN ADDITION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIAb FOR TONIGHT. IF YOU LIVE IN THE WATCH AREA...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING INFORMATION. BARJENBRUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 64 min |
| Aug 14, 12:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lake | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 3:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 4:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Stark, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Richland | 3 hr |
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.