Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 28, 1994, 6:49 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 1994, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 1994, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cuyahoga County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 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 KCLE 282251 RRA SVRCLE OHC035-OHZ501-282330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 649 PM EDT WED SEP 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 645 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN CUYAHOGA BY 7 PM. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EAST CLEVEAND...BRATENAHL AND CLEVELAND HEIGHTS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. 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 TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
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 28, 3:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
OHZ012-014-023-PA001>003-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 358 PM EDT WED SEP 28 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AT MID AFTERNOON. AT 345 PM EDT CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ONE OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THIS STORM DROPPED SOME HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AT EDINBORO. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS JUST MOVING ONSHORE OVER EASTERN LAKE AND NORTHWEST ASHTABULA COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST COUNTIES OF OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL ABOUT 6 PM EDT. VRCEK
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 5:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
OHZ010-014-PAZ001>003-282230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 539 PM EDT WED SEP 28 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR LAKE COUNTY AND ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRED AT 530 PM. AT 535 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CRAWFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA WEST ACROSS ASHTABULA AND GEAUGA COUNTIES TO EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER LAKE ERIE TO THE NORTH OF CLEVELAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 1/4 INCH HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CHARDON AROUND 520 PM BY THE HIGHWAY PATROL. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. HILTBRAND
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 5:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
OHZ010-014-PAZ001>003-282230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 539 PM EDT WED SEP 28 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR LAKE COUNTY AND ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA EXPIRED AT 530 PM. AT 535 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CRAWFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA WEST ACROSS ASHTABULA AND GEAUGA COUNTIES TO EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER LAKE ERIE TO THE NORTH OF CLEVELAND. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 1/4 INCH HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CHARDON AROUND 520 PM BY THE HIGHWAY PATROL. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. HILTBRAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 41 min |
| Sep 28, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 54 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.