Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1994, 7:58 PM EDT for Elk County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1994, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1994, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elk County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 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 KERI 070004 COR SVRERI PAC047-070100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION FOR SPELLING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 758 PM EDT MON JUN 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...ELK COUNTY AT 755 PM EDT ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN ELK COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL BE APPROACHING RIDGWAY WITHIN THE NEXT TWENTY MINUTES. 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.
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, Jun 6, 6:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PAZ003>005-008-009-062330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 640 PM EDT MON JUN 06 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS MONDAY EVENING... WEATHER RADAR AT 640 PM EDT SHOWED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHEAST OF A MEADVILLE TO JAMESTOWN/NEW YORK LINE. THE STRONGEST STORM...WITH POSSIBLE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...ABOUT 7 MILES TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MEADVILLE. OTHER STORNG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA-NEW YORK STATE LINE NEAR THE TOWN OF CORYDON...AND ALSO JUST TO THE NORTH OF TIONESTA IN FOREST COUNTY. MOVEMENT TO THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN ...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. REMEMB"ER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS OR THE WEATHER CHANNEL FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LAMBERT/PAONE
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:10 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PAZ005-008-009-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 710 PM EDT MON JUN 06 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS MONDAY EVENING... WEATHER RADAR AT 710 PM EDT SHOWED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHEAST OF A MEADVILLE TO WARREN LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS...WITH POSSIBLE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE VENANGO/MERCER COUNTY LINE...JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF STONEBORO. OTHER STORNG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NORTHEASTERN VENANGO COUNTY...NEAR OIL CITY...AND ALSO ACROSS MUCH OF FOREST COUNTY. MOVEMENT TO THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN ...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. REMEMBER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS OR THE WEATHER CHANNEL FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LAMBERT/PAONE
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:17 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PAZ005-008-009-070015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 710 PM EDT MON JUN 06 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS MONDAY EVENING... WEATHER RADAR AT 710 PM EDT SHOWED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHEAST OF A MEADVILLE TO WARREN LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS...WITH POSSIBLE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE VENANGO/MERCER COUNTY LINE...JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF STONEBORO. OTHER STORNG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NORTHEASTERN VENANGO COUNTY...NEAR OIL CITY...AND ALSO ACROSS MUCH OF FOREST COUNTY. MOVEMENT TO THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN ...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. REMEMBER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE IhNDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS OR THE WEATHER CHANNEL FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LAMBERT/PAONE
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:31 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-070100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 731 PM EDT MON JUN 6 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY THIS EVENING. AT 730 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEWTON FALLS EASTWARD TO NEAR SHARON IN MERCER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY...EXTREME NORTHERN MAHONING COUNTY AND MERCER COUNTY. SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED ARE NEWTON FALLS... NILES...GIRARD...HUBBARD AND SHARON. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WINDS UP TO 35 MPH...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHT6NING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SW
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:31 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-070100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 731 PM EDT MON JUN 6 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY THIS EVENING. AT 730 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEWTON FALLS EASTWARD TO NEAR SHARON IN MERCER COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY...EXTREME NORTHERN MAHONING COUNTY AND MERCER COUNTY. SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED ARE NEWTON FALLS... NILES...GIRARD...HUBBARD AND SHARON. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WINDS UP TO 35 MPH...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SW
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:55 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PAZ005-006-008>010-070040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 755 PM EDT MON JUN 06 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS MONDAY EVENING... WEATHER RADAR AT 755 PM EDT SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELDRED IN MCKEAN COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO TIONESTA AND MERCER...IN MERCER COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE... FROM NEAR MT JEWITT IN MCKEAN COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR RIDGWAY AND CLARION. THE STRONGEST STORMS...WITH POSSIBLE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF RIDGWAY IN ELK COUNTY...AND ALSO TO THE WEST OF MARIENVILLE IN FOREST COUNTY. MOVEMENT TO THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN ...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. REMEMBER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS OR THE WEATHER CHANNEL FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LAMBERT/PAONE
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.