Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1994, 8:50 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 1994, 8:50 PM EDT (00:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1994, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashtabula County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 070052 RRA SVRCLE OHC007-070130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 850 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...ASHTABULA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 950 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND WAS INDICATING A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING NORTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY FROM LAKE ERIE. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER NORTH KINGSVILLE BY 905 PM AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 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 TORNADNO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PASSETTI
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, Sep 6, 6:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
OHZ001>050-PAZ001>003-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 650 PM EDT TUE SEP 06 1994 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OHIO AND LAKE ERIE THIS EVENING. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM FROM CONNEAUT TO RIPLEY N.Y. AT 650 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO BETWEEN FINDLAY AND MANSFIELD. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL INDICATE BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN FEEL IN SWATH FROM NORTHEAST HANCOCK COUNTY INTO WYANDOT COUNTY BETWEEN 545 PM AND 645 PM. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER LAKE ERIE BETWEEN CONNEAUT AND RIPLEY. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OFFSHORE ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF ASHTABULA. RADAR INDICATES THAT HAIL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN STARK COUNTY TO THE EAST OF CANTON...OVER SOUTHERN MAHONING COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF YOUNGSTOWN...OVER SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY AMD IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND CENTRAL LAKE ERIE AROUND VERMILLION. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. SMALL BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD BE ESPECIA^LLY CAUTIOUS AND MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 6:50 PM EDT, 2 hours before
OHZ001>050-PAZ001>003-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 650 PM EDT TUE SEP 06 1994 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OHIO AND LAKE ERIE THIS EVENING. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM FROM CONNEAUT TO RIPLEY N.Y. AT 650 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO BETWEEN FINDLAY AND MANSFIELD. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL INDICATE BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN FEEL IN SWATH FROM NORTHEAST HANCOCK COUNTY INTO WYANDOT COUNTY BETWEEN 545 PM AND 645 PM. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER LAKE ERIE BETWEEN CONNEAUT AND RIPLEY. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OFFSHORE ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF ASHTABULA. RADAR INDICATES THAT HAIL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN STARK COUNTY TO THE EAST OF CANTON...OVER SOUTHERN MAHONING COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF YOUNGSTOWN...OVER SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY AMD IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND CENTRAL LAKE ERIE AROUND VERMILLION. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. SMALL BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
OHZ001>050-PAZ001>003-070030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 730 PM EDT TUE SEP 06 1994 THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FROM CONNEAUT TO RIPLEY N.Y. EXPIRED AT 730 PM. HOWEVER... A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED IN THAT AREA ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE. HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 815 PM FROM ABOUT CONNEAUT TO RIPLEY. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TO THE SOUTHWEST OF MANSFIELD IN MORROW AND MARION COUNTIES. THIS CLUSTER WAS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR RANGE. OTHER SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AROUND LORAIN AND OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. SMALL BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS...ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST OF ASHTABULA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
OHZ001>050-PAZ001>003-070030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 730 PM EDT TUE SEP 06 1994 THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FROM CONNEAUT TO RIPLEY N.Y. EXPIRED AT 730 PM. HOWEVER... A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED IN THAT AREA ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE. HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 815 PM FROM ABOUT CONNEAUT TO RIPLEY. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TO THE SOUTHWEST OF MANSFIELD IN MORROW AND MARION COUNTIES. THIS CLUSTER WAS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE 1/2 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR RANGE. OTHER SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AROUND LORAIN AND OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. SMALL BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS...ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST OF ASHTABULA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:25 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
OHZ001>050-PAZ001>003-070130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 825 PM EDT TUE SEP 06 1994 A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM CONNEAUT TO ERIE UNTIL 1015 PM. AT 825 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA...EXTENDING SOUTHEAST THROUGH ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OUT OVER LAKE ERIE ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF ASHTABULA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE ONSHORE ON THE OHIO/PENNSYLVANIA BORDER TO THE EAST OF CONNEAUT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL SHOULD BE EXPECTED. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS REPEAT AS WELL AS SOME STREET FLOODING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF CLEVELAND...SOUTH INTO NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY AND ALSO OVER SOUTHERN MAHONING COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF YOUNGSTOWN. A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER CENTRAL OHIO TO THE SOUTH OF MANSFIELD. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND IF DRIVING BE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER. SMALL BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS...ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST OF ASHTABULA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:36 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
OHZ001>050-PAZ001>003-070130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 825 PM EDT TUE SEP 06 1994 A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM CONNEAUT TO ERIE UNTIL 1015 PM. AT 825 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA...EXTENDING SOUTHEAST THROUGH ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OUT OVER LAKE ERIE ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF ASHTABULA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE ONSHORE ON THE OHIO/PENNSYLVANIA BORDER TO THE EAST OF CONNEAUT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL SHOULD BE EXPECTED. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS REPEAT AS WELL AS SOME STREET FLOODING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF CLEVELAND...SOUTH INTO NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY AND ALSO OVER SOUTHERN MAHONING COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF YOUNGSTOWN. A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER CENTRAL OHIO TO THE SOUTH OF MANSFIELD. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND IF DRIVING BE ALERT FOR HIGH WATER. SMALL BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS...ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST OF ASHTABULA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
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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.