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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 298, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 25, 1994Henry County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 25, 1994, 1:26 PM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 1994, 1:26 PM EDT (17:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 1994, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Henry County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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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, 7:46 AM EDT, 5 hours 40 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, 17 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
Special weather statement, Sep 25, 1:10 PM EDT, 16 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 7:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton63 min
Sep 25, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam36 min
Sep 25, 1:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETuscarawas65 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
Sep 25, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford65 min
Sep 25, 5:49 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford41 min
Sep 25, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie56 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.