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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 23, 1994Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1994, 11:05 PM EST for Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 1994, 11:05 PM EST (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 1994, 11:30 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 1994-03-24Temperature 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 1994-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 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 KTOL 240405
SVRTOL
OHC137-240430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
1105 PM EST WED MAR 23 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...PUTNAM COUNTY
 
AT 1103 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR COLUMBUS GROVE. IT WAS
MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL EXIT THE COUNTY BY 1130 PM EST.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
ELH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 1:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton, Holmes62 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.