Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 6:51 AM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 6:51 AM EDT (10:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 7:36 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trumbull County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KYNG 271053 SVRYNG OHC155-271145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 651 AM EDT WED APR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...TRUMBULL COUNTY AT 650 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST ENTERING TRUMBULL COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT WARREN AND NEWTON FALLS BY 700 AM EDT. 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 COVE$RS THE ROAD. WILKINSON
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, Apr 27, 12:57 AM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
OHZALL-270600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1255 AM EDT WED APR 27 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TOLEDO AND DEFIANCE UNTIL 4 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE DEFIANCE...FULTON...HENRY... LUCAS...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT...WILLIAMS AND WOOD. AT 1250 AM DOPPLER RADAR IN INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STILL MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH FROM WEST-CENTRAL INDIANA UP ACROSS SOUTH BEND INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH INDIANA. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD OHIO AND SHOULD REACH THE WATCH AREA BY 3 AM EDT. RESIDENTS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 2:01 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
OHZALL-270700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 200 AM EDT WED APR 27 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO INCLUDING THE CITIES OF TOLEDO AND DEFIANCE UNTIL 4 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE DEFIANCE...FULTON...HENRY... LUCAS...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT...WILLIAMS AND WOOD. AT 155 AM DOPPLER RADARS IN INDIANAPOLIS AND CLEVELAND INDICATED THAT SOME SHOWERS HAD MOVED INTO THE WATCH AREA OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO AFTER 130 AM. HOWEVER...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM SEVERE...WERE STILL IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH. WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR AREAS NEAR FORT WAYNE BEFORE 2 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE WATCH AREA BY 3 AM AND ARE BEING WATCHED CLOSELY. RESIDENTS IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNINGS DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS. DEB
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 2:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005-006-016-270800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 234 AM EDT WED APR 27 1994 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 4 AM EDT. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...DEFIANCE...FULTON...HENRY... LUCAS...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT...WILLIAMS...AND WOOD. AT 230 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF DETROIT SOUTHWEST THROUGH WILLIAMS COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ENTERING WESTERN DEFIANCE COUNTY. BY 3 AM THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD BE ENTERING THE TOLEDO VICINITY AND WILL EXTEND SOUTHWEST INTO PUTNAM COUNTY. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE STORMS PRODUCED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES THROUGHOUT INDIANA AND ILLINOIS EAR^LIER WEDNESDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS MORNING. PBM/ELH
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:41 AM EDT, 10 minutes before
PAZ001-003-271130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 633 AM EDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 11 AM FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA... ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS LAKE ERIE TOWARD EXTREME NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 630 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE FROM NEAR LONG POINT CANADA... SOUTHWEST TO GENEVA OHIO. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH... WHILE THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO ERIE AND NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 7 AM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMAIN INDOORS WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. FURTHER UPDATES WILL FOLLOW. LAMBERT/PAONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 5:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 6:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 38 min |
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.