Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1994, 6:03 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1994, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbiana County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 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 KYNG 252214 COR SVRYNG OHC029-252300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 613 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY AT 602 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALLIANCE IN STARK COUNTY. 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL OCCURRED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO COLUMBIANA COUNTY BY 610 PM. THE STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR LISBON BY 625 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHEZRE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MITCHELL $$ ...CORRECTED SPELLING FIRST PARAGRAPH...
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, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 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, 1 hour 15 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, 58 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, 55 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
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:58 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PAZ002>005-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 558 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA... AT 555 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 TO 15 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM THE OHIO BORDER NEAR ALBION AND RUNNING EASTWARD ALONG THE ERIE...CRAWFORD COUNTY BORDER THROUGH WARREN COUNTY INTO MCKEAN COUNTY NEAR BRADFORD. THIS LINE HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY AS INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED EASTWARD INSIDE THE LINE AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS BRINGING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER THE SAME AREA AND WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS. IF THE HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER THIS SAME AREA SOME SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY REACH BANKFULL. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PARRISH
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:02 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PAZ002>005-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 558 PM EDT WED MAY 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PENNSYLVANIA... AT 555 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 TO 15 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM THE OHIO BORDER NEAR ALBION AND RUNNING EASTWARD ALONG THE ERIE...CRAWFORD COUNTY BORDER THROUGH WARREN COUNTY INTO MCKEAN COUNTY NEAR BRADFORD. THIS LINE HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY AS INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED EASTWARD INSIDE THE LINE AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS BRINGING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER THE SAME AREA AND WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS. IF THE^ HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER THIS SAME AREA SOME SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY REACH BANKFULL. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PARRISH
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, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 56 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.