Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 1994, 12:46 AM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 1994, 12:46 AM EDT (04:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 1994, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Medina County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 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 010447 RRA SVRCLE OHC103-010515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1246 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...MEDINA COUNTY AT 1240 AM EDT CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN MEDINA COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF SPENCER. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 40 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE SPENCER...LODI AND PAWNEE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 30, 11:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
OHZ007>010-019-010445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1142 PM EDT FRI SEP 30 1994 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ALONG THE LAKESHORE NEAR PORT CLINTON. AT 1130 PM DOPLLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE LAKESHORE NEAR PORT CLINTON. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. A SKYWARN OBSERVER IN BAY VIEW...JUST SOUTHEAST OF PORT CLINTON...REPORTED THAT THE STORM WAS PRODUCING VERY FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORM WILL ALSO LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE LAKESHORE TO NEAR VERMILION BY AROUND 1230 AM EDT. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 12:28 AM EDT, 18 minutes before
OHZ001>050-010530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1228 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 1994 AT 1220 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND WAS INDICATING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE ERIE...HURON AND LORAIN COUNTY BORDERS NEAR THE CITIES OF WAKEMAN...OBERLIN AND WELLINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS IT MOVED THROUGH SANDUSKY DURING THE LAST HOUR. IN ADDITION...REPORTS OF NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES IN THE SANDUSKY AREA WERE RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THIS STORM WILL THROUGH LORAIN COUNTY AND INTO MEDINA AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. PEOPLE IN THEIR PATH SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. PASSETTI
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 12:30 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
OHZ001>050-010530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1230 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 1994 AT 1220 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND WAS INDICATING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE ERIE...HURON AND LORAIN COUNTY BORDERS NEAR THE CITIES OF WAKEMAN...OBERLIN AND WELLINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS IT MOVED THROUGH SANDUSKY DURING THE LAST HOUR. IN ADDITION...REPORTS OF NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES IN THE SANDUSKY AREA WERE RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH LORAIN COUNTY AND INTO MEDINA AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. PEOPLE IN THEIR PATH SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. PASSETTI ...CORRECTED TEXT... .
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 12:32 AM EDT, 14 minutes before
OHZ001>050-010530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1230 AM EDT SAT OCT 1 1994 AT 1220 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND WAS INDICATING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE ERIE...HURON AND LORAIN COUNTY BORDERS NEAR THE CITIES OF WAKEMAN...OBERLIN AND WELLINGTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS IT MOVED THROUGH SANDUSKY DURING THE LAST HOUR. IN ADDITION...REPORTS OF NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES IN THE SANDUSKY AREA WERE RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH LORAIN COUNTY AND INTO MEDINA AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES IN THE NEXT HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. PEOPLE IN THEIR PATH SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. PASSETTI ...CORRECTED TEXT... .
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 54 min |
| Oct 1, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 30 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.