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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 11, 1994Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1994, 2:01 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 1994, 2:01 PM EDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1994, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 442 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KYNG 111802
SVRYNG
OHC029-099-155-111900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
201 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY...MAHONING COUNTY...TRUMBULL COUNTY
 
AT 200 PM EDT NATIOAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL GEAUGA COUNTY TO
JUST EAST OF CANTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE
STORMS WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF NEWTON FALLS...YOUNGSTOWN AND SALEM
BY 215 PM EDT. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING HAIL 
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
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 WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
KUBINA

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 11, 1:08 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
OHZ032-039-040-049-111810

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
108 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 1255 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EASTERN TUSCARAWAS...WESTERN CARROLL AND NORTHERN HARRISON
COUNTIES. THESE STOMRS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL.

IF A YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE TO A PLACE SAFELY UNTIL
THEY HAVE PASSED.

IK
...CORRECTED TYPOS...
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:09 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
OHZ032-039-040-049-111810

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
108 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994

THUNDERSORMS WERE DEVLOPING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 1255 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EASTERN TUSCARAWAS...WESTERN CARROLL AND NORTHERN HARRISON
COUNTIES. THESE STOMRS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTS WINDS UP TO 35 MPH...VER@Y
HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL.

IF A YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE TO A PLACE SAFELY UNTIL
THEY AHVE PASSED.

IK
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:10 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
OHZ032-039-040-049-111810

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
108 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 1255 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EASTERN TUSCARAWAS...WESTERN CARROLL AND NORTHERN HARRISON
COUNTIES. THESE STOMRS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35 MPHF...VERY
HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL.

IF A YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE TO A PLACE SAFELY UNTIL
THEY HAVE PASSED.

IK
...CORRECTED TYPOS...
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:35 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
OHZ007>014-018>02-111835-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
135 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FIRING UP OVER THE OHIO LAKESHORE AND NORTHEAST
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 135 THIS AFTERNOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE FROM CENTRAL LORAIN
COUNTY TO CLEVELAND AND ALONG THE LAKESHORE NEAR WILLOUGHBY. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE EFFECTING THE OHIO
LAKESHORE FROM LORAIN COUNTY EAST TO ASHTABULA COUNTY THROUGH 3PM.

PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT GARFIELD HEIGHTS AT 130 THIS AFTERNOON.

KEEP TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:37 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
OHZ007>014-018>02-111835-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
135 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FIRING UP OVER THE OHIO LAKESHORE AND NORTHEAST
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 135 THIS AFTERNOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE FROM CENTRAL LORAIN
COUNTY TO CLEVELAND AND ALONG THE LAKESHORE NEAR WILLOUGHBY. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE EFFECTING THE OHIO
LAKESHORE FROM LORAIN COUNTY EAST TO ASHTABULA COUNTY THROUGH 3PM.

PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT GARFIELD HEIGHTS AT 130 THIS AFTERNOON.

KEEP TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050--58-059-068-069-076-111900

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
201 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TONIGHT FOR
MUCH OF EASTERN OHIO.

CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...AKRON...ATHENS...CAMBRIDGE...CANTON
...MARIETTA...STEUBENVILLE...YOUNGSTOWN AND ZANESVILLE.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 150 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO
THE EAST OF A LORAIN...ALLIANCE...DOVER LINE MOVING EASTERLY AT AROUND
25 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.
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IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED.

A VOLUNTEER OBSERVERS IN UNIONTOWN...ALONG THE SUMMIT AND STARK
COUNTY BORDER REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL SHORTLY AFTER
1 PM.

IK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana59 min
Jun 11, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga54 min
Jun 11, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula50 min
Jun 11, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull61 min

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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.