Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 2:21 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 2:21 PM EDT (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 2:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lorain County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCLE 251821 RRA SVRCLE OHC093-103-251915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 221 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...LORAIN COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 215 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST LORAIN COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF GRAFTON. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL THROUGH BELDEN AND COLUMBIA STATION BY 230 PM AND REACH BRUNSWICK IN NORTHERN MEDINA COUNTY BY 245 PM. HILTBRAND 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
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, May 25, 11:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 25, 11:54 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 25, 1:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 25, 1:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, May 25, 2:03 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
OHZALL-251840- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 203 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 800 PM EDT... ...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MANSFIELD...CANTON...NEW PHILADELPHIA AND YOUNGSTOWN. AT 155 PM EDT...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM DEFIANCE IN NORTHWEST OHIO EAST THROUGH ERIE...LORAIN AND SOUTHERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN EAST ERIE AND LORAIN COUNTIES BETWEEN MILAN AND COLUMBIA STATION. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY. THESE AND OTHER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR WARNING ARE ISSUED. IN ADDITION...WITH MOST OF THE GROUND IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA SATURATED WITH AN INCH OR MORE OR RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT AND NEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THIS AREA LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NEEDED. ALSO...NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. LISTEN TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES OR WARNINGS. ADAMS
Special weather statement, May 25, 2:05 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
OHZALL-251840- SPECIAL WEATHER AND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 203 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 800 PM EDT... ...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MANSFIELD...CANTON...NEW PHILADELPHIA AND YOUNGSTOWN. AT 155 PM EDT...A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM DEFIANCE IN NORTHWEST OHIO EAST THROUGH ERIE...LORAIN AND SOUTHERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN EAST ERIE AND LORAIN COUNTIES BETWEEN MILAN AND COLUMBIA STATION. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY. THESE AND OTHER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. RESIDENTS IN NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR WARNING ARE ISSUED. IN ADDITION...WITH MOST OF THE GROUND IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA SATURATED WITH AN INCH OR MORE OR RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT AND NEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THIS AREA LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A FLOOD PRONE AREAh...BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF NEEDED. ALSO...NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. LISTEN TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES OR WARNINGS. ADAMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 44 min |
| May 25, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 54 min |
| May 25, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 56 min |
| May 25, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 48 min |
| May 25, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 52 min |
| May 25, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 45 min |
| May 25, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wood | 53 min |
| May 25, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 46 min |
| May 25, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 56 min |
| May 25, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 57 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.