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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 1, 1994Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 1, 1994, 2:00 AM EST for Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 1994, 2:00 AM EST (07:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 1994, 2:18 AM EST
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wyandot County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 00:00Z on 1994-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1994-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 010700
SVRCLE
OHC147-175-010745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
200 AM EST TUE NOV 1 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...SENECA COUNTY...WYANDOT COUNTY
 
AT 2 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN WYANDOT COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND THE TOWNS OF MCCUTCHEONVILLE AND
TIFFIN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN NORTHERN WYANDOT COUNTY AT 2
AM.
 
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
4WARNING.
 
GERARD
 
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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, Nov 1, 12:43 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-010645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1243 AM EST TUE NOV 1 1994

SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN
OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING.

AT 1240 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN LORAIN...EASTERN HURON...AND
NORTHERN RICHLAND AND ASHLAND COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT
10 MILES NORTH OF MANSFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH...AND THE STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS LORAIN AND
EASTERN HURON COUNTIES BETWEEN 1245 AND 115 AM EST.

A LINE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO ACROSS PORTIONS
OF OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...AND SENECA COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS ERIE AND NORTHERN HURON COUNTIES AND OUT INTO THE
WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE BY 130 AM.

FINALLY...A BAND OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ACROSS WESTERN
OHIO FROM LIMA TO EAST OF CINCINNATI. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING
NORTHEAST INTO PARTS OF NORTHERN OHIO BY 2 AM.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

GERARD
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 1:38 AM EST, 22 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>010-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-010740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
138 AM EST TUE NOV 1 1994

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PARTS OF NORTHERN OHIO.

AT 135 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST HANCOCK COUNTY INTO
SOUTHWEST WYANDOT AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MARION COUNTIES. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS WYANDOT AND EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES
AND MOVE INTO SENECA COUNY BY AROUND 2 AM.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

GERARD
Special weather statement, Nov 1, 1:38 AM EST, 22 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>010-017>019-027>030-036-037-047-010740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
138 AM EST TUE NOV 1 1994

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PARTS OF NORTHERN OHIO.

AT 135 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND
INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST HANCOCK COUNTY INTO
SOUTHWEST WYANDOT AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MARION COUNTIES. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS WYANDOT AND EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES
AND MOVE INTO SENECA COUNY BY AROUND 2 AM.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 1, 2:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca45 min
Nov 1, 4:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga35 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.