Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1994, 2:51 PM EDT for Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1994, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1994, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Geauga County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCLE 111853 RRA SVRCLE OHC055-111945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 251 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...GEAUGA COUNTY AT 245 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN GEAUGA COUNTY NEAR RUSSEL. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE BURTON AND MIDDLEFIELD. THIS STORM PRODUCED DIME SIZE HAIL AT RUSSEL AND THE CITY OF CHARDON ARO D240 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. HILTBRAND WWUS09KMKC -
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, 2:02 PM EDT, 49 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. > 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
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:35 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
OHZ007>014-018>020-112035 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE OHIO LAKESHORE THIS AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND TO THE EASTERN SUBURBS THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LAKE COUNTY AND WILL BE IN ASHTABULA COUNTY BY 330PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THOUGH GEAUGA COUNTY. BETWEEN 2 AND 215 THIS AFTERNOON REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED EAST OF CLEVELAND AT CHARDON. PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT GARFIELD HTS AT 225 THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MAINLY OVER THE EAST LAKESHORE COUNTIES AND NORTHEAST OHIO DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF STORMS CAN BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. < A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF ASHTABULA... LAKE AND GEAUGA UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. KEEP TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THOMPSON ...CORRECTION FOR WORDING...
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:36 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
OHZ007>014-018>020-112035 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE OHIO LAKESHORE THIS AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND TO THE EASTERN SUBURBS THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LAKE COUNTY AND WILL BE IN ASHTABULA COUNTY BY 330PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THOUGH GEAUGA COUNTY. BETWEEN 2 AND 215 THIS AFTERNOON REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED EAST OF CLEVELAND AT CHARDON. PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT GARFIELD HTS AT 225 THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MAINLY OVER THE EAST LAKESHORE COUNTIES AND NORTHEAST OHIO DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF STORMS CAN BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS SEL1
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:38 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-008-009-010-011-111945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 238 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8PM EDT... AT 235 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA BORDER FROM LISBON OH AND BEAVER FALLS PA...NORTH IN ONTARIO CANADA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE BETWEEN PAINSVILLE AND ORWELL OH. OTHER STORMS ARE LOCATED NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN OH. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE STORMS TO ARRIVE AFTER 300 PM EDT. THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER PUBLIC BROADCASTS FOR UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SITUATION. BELK/TJP
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:39 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
OHZ007>014-018>020-112035 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 235 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE OHIO LAKESHORE THIS AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND TO THE EASTERN SUBURBS THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LAKE COUNTY AND WILL BE IN ASHTABULA COUNTY BY 330PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THOUGH GEAUGA COUNTY. BETWEEN 2 AND 215 THIS AFTERNOON REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED EAST OF CLEVELAND AT CHARDON. PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT GARFIELD HTS AT 225 THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MAINLY OVER THE EAST LAKESHORE COUNTIES AND NORTHEAST OHIO DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF STORMS CAN BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. < A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF ASHTABULA... LAKE AND GEAUGA UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING. KEEP TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THOMPSON ...CORRECTION FOR WORDING...
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:40 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-008-009-010-011-111945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 238 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8PM EDT... AT 235 PM EDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG THE OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA BORDER FROM LISBON OH AND BEAVER FALLS PA...NORTH IN ONTARIO CANADA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE BETWEEN PAINSVILLE AND ORWELL OH. OTHER STORMS ARE LOCATED NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN OH. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THESE STORMS TO ARRIVE AFTER 300 PM EDT. THESE STORMS COULD CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER PUBLIC BROADCASTS FOR UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SITUATION. BELK/TJP T
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 61 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.