Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 5:22 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ottawa County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 TTAA00 KTOL 252123 SVRTOL OHC123-252200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 522 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...OTTAWA COUNTY AT 520 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE ERIE A FEW MILES NORTH OF PORT CLINTON. IT WAS MOVING SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF EAST AROUND 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT MARBLEHEAD AND THE ISLANDS BY 545 PM EDT. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. TDON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ELH
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, 2:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 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, 3 hours 17 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
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:38 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
PAZ002>004-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 438 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 435 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF NORTHEAST OHIO...FROM CENTRAL ASHTABULA COUNTY...EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY FROM NEAR I-79 TO CORRY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING CRAWFORD...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WARREN COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER NORTHERN OHIO AND STILL OTHERS MAY DEVELOPE IN THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. PARRISH
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:48 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
PAZ002>004-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 438 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 435 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF NORTHEAST OHIO...FROM CENTRAL ASHTABULA COUNTY...EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY. ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY FROM NEAR I-79 TO CORRY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING CRAWFORD...SOUTHERN ERIE AND WARREN COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER NORTHERN OHIO AND STILL OTHERS MAY DEVELOPE IN THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. PARRISH
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:05 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
OHZ059-040-058-049-050-022-032-021-039-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 505 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO. THIS AREA WAS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AT 5 PM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SUMMIT COUNTY OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND FROM CAMBRIDGE TO CADIZ IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE IN EASTERN OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND MOVE THROUGH. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:08 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
OHZ059-040-058-049-050-022-032-021-039-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 505 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO. THIS AREA WAS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AT 5 PM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SUMMIT COUNTY OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND FROM CAMBRIDGE TO CADIZ IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE IN EASTERN OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THESE THUNDERSTORrMS APPROACH AND MOVE THROUGH. THOMPSON
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 | Lorain | 36 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, 5:49 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.