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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 25, 1994Coshocton County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 1994, 7:27 AM EDT for Coshocton County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 1994, 7:27 AM EDT (11:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 1994, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Coshocton County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1994-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1994-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 251128 RRA
SVRCAK
OHC031-251230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
727 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...COSHOCTON COUNTY
 
AT 725 AM CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR NELLIE AND WARSAW IN COSHOCTON COUNTY MOVING
NORTHNORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
ALTO

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 25, 7:01 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
OHZALL-261200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
701 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS OHIO TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ALREADY BEEN MOVING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING.
THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL OF UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH
STRONG WINDS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL OHIO THIS
MORNING.

AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD OHIO LATER
TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE STATE.  DUE
TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP
TODAY AND TONIGHT MAY BECOME SEVERE.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WOULD BE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.  HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

GERARD
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 7:04 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
OHZALL-261200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
704 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS OHIO TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ALREADY BEEN MOVING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING.
THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL OF UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH
STRONG WINDS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL OHIO THIS
MORNING.

AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD OHIO LATER
TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE STATE.  DUE
TO THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP
TODAY AND TONIGHT MAY BECOME SEVERE.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WOULD BE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.  HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED
OUT...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER
SITUATION.

GERARD
CORRECTED TO ADD LAST SENTENCE IN NEXT TO LAST PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 7:20 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
OHZ004-007-251220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
720 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994

A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO
THIS MORNING. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS EXTENDS FROM TIFFIN TO
MT. VERNON TO NEAR ZANESVILLE AND ARE MOVING NORTHNORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

AT 715 AM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHEAST KNOX
TO SOUTHWEST COSHOCTON COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH
COSHOCTON COUNTY BETWEEN 715 AM AND 745 AM AND SOME TOWNS IN ITS PATH
ARE WEST CARLISLE...NEW GUILFORD...NEW CASTLE AND WALHONDING.

SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE AS THEY PASS THROUGH YOUR AREA.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
THIS MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

ALTO
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 7:21 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
OHZ004-007-251220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
720 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994

A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO
THIS MORNING. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS EXTENDS FROM TIFFIN TO
MT. VERNON TO NEAR ZANESVILLE AND ARE MOVING NORTHNORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

AT 715 AM THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHEAST KNOX
TO SOUTHWEST COSHOCTON COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH
COSHOCTON COUNTY BETWEEN 715 AM AND 745 AM AND SOME TOWNS IN ITS PATH
ARE WEST CARLISLE...NEW GUILFORD...NEW CASTLE AND WALHONDING.

SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE AS THEY PASS THROUGH YOUR AREA.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
THIS MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

ALTO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam36 min
Sep 25, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETuscarawas65 min
Sep 25, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry64 min
Sep 25, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton69 min
Sep 25, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark60 min
Sep 25, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina40 min
Sep 25, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga56 min
Sep 25, 2:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark48 min
Sep 25, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lake56 min
Sep 25, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana45 min
Sep 25, 3:40 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEGeauga50 min
Sep 25, 3:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMahoning49 min
Sep 25, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWashington69 min
Sep 25, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETuscarawas69 min
Sep 25, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull61 min
Sep 25, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa47 min
Sep 25, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky43 min
Sep 25, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECarroll38 min
Sep 25, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Lake41 min
Sep 25, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana48 min
Sep 25, 5:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEColumbiana49 min
Sep 25, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Lorain59 min
Sep 25, 5:26 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula34 min
Sep 25, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning42 min
Sep 25, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull29 min

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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.