Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1994, 3:22 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1994, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1994, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 KERI 111925 SVRCLE PAC039-112030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 322 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 320 PM EDT ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY BETWEEN MEADVILLE AND LINESVILLE PA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL ARRIVE NEAR CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS AROUND 345 PM EDT. 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. BELK/TJP
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, 2:39 PM EDT, 43 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, 42 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
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:54 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050--58-059-068-069-076-112000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 254 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STORNGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES AND TRUMBULL AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES MOVING EASTERLY AT 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. PEA SIZE AND HALF INCH HAIL WERE REPORTED IN CHARDON IN GEAUGA COUNTY BETWEEN 2 AND 215 THIS AFTERNOON AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN GARFIELD HEIGHTS...A SUBURB CLEVELAND...AT 225 THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IK WWUS34KLBB -
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:55 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050--58-059-068-069-076-112000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 254 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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STORNGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES AND TRUMBULL AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES MOVING EASTERLY AT 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. PEA SIZE AND HALF INCH HAIL WERE REPORTED IN CHARDON IN GEAUGA COUNTY BETWEEN 2 AND 215 THIS AFTERNOON AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN GARFIELD HEIGHTS...A SUBURB CLEVELAND...AT 225 THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IK
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:13 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 313 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8PM EDT... AT 310 PM EDT STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER NORTHEAST OHIO. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY PA NEAR LINESVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH NEAR YOUNGSTOWN AS WELL AS SOMPEA-SIZED HAIL EAST OF CLEVELAND. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER PUBLIC BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SITUATION. BELK/TJP &
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:15 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 313 PM EDT SAT JUN 11 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8PM EDT... AT 310 PM EDT STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER NORTHEAST OHIO. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY PA NEAR LINESVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND HAVE PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH NEAR YOUNGSTOWN AS WELL AS SOMPEA-SIZED HAIL EAST OF CLEVELAND. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER PUBLIC BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SITUATION. BELK/TJP &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Forest | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Forest | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Venango | 66 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.