Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 1994, 1:09 PM EDT for Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 1994, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 25, 1994, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 KTOL 251710 RRA SVRTOL OHC137-251745- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 109 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO OH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 108 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY. THE STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF OTTAWA AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE TOWN OF CONTINENTAL IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE STORM WILL REACH CONTINENTAL...12 MILES NORTHWEST OF OTTAWA AROUND 120 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT D~RIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MURPHY
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, 7:20 AM EDT, 5 hours 49 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, 5 hours 48 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, 7:46 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
OHZ001>010-015>019-024>030-034>037-042>047-051>056-060>065-251450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 746 AM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994 A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF OHIO THROUGH MID MORNING. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG CONTINUED OVER MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA. THE VISIBILITY HAD BEGUN TO IMPROVE IN THE COLUMBUS AREA DUE TO RAINFALL IN THE AREA...BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY AREA WAS STILL REPORTING VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO. VISIBILITIES WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE BY 9 AM...AND BY LATE MORNING THE DENSE FOG SHOULD HAVE BURNED OFF. IF YOU ARE DRIVING...USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS MORNING AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION. GERARD
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 1:09 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
OHZ001>033-036>037-251900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 110 PM EDT SUN SEP 25 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 105 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLEVELAND...SOUTHWEST TO LODI IN MEDINA COUNTY TO NEAR LOUDONVILLE IN ASHLAND COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MILAN IN ERIE COUNTY AND TO THE SOUTH OF MANSFIELD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AROUND 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...POTENTIALLY LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING AND GO TO THE LOWEST LEVEL AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GABRIC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 7:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton | 63 min |
| Sep 25, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Tuscarawas | 65 min |
| Sep 25, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 64 min |
| Sep 25, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 69 min |
| Sep 25, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 60 min |
| Sep 25, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 40 min |
| Sep 25, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 56 min |
| Sep 25, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark | 48 min |
| Sep 25, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lake | 56 min |
| Sep 25, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 45 min |
| Sep 25, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Geauga | 50 min |
| Sep 25, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 49 min |
| Sep 25, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 69 min |
| Sep 25, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Tuscarawas | 69 min |
| Sep 25, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 61 min |
| Sep 25, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 47 min |
| Sep 25, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 43 min |
| Sep 25, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Carroll | 38 min |
| Sep 25, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 41 min |
| Sep 25, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 48 min |
| Sep 25, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 49 min |
| Sep 25, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 59 min |
| Sep 25, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 34 min |
| Sep 25, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 42 min |
| Sep 25, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 29 min |
Nearby
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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.