Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 323, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 1994, 1:00 AM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 1994, 1:00 AM EDT (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 1994, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 18 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, 32 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, 30 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, 28 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, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 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.