Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1994, 4:53 PM EDT for Holmes County, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1994, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Holmes County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCAK 122055 SVRCLE OHC075-157-122200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 453 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...HOLMES COUNTY...TUSCARAWAS COUNTY AT 445 PM EDT THE HOLMES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE RELAYED THAT 70 MPH WIND OCCURED AT HOLESVILLE JUST AFTER 430 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORM DOWNED POWER LINES AMD TREE LIMBS IN NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY. WEATHER RADAR AT THE AKRON-CANTON AIRPORT INDICATED THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. 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. MARTIN & L ENTER WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY AROUND 430 PM EDT AND WILL APPROACH BUCKHORN...BLOOMSBURG AND CATAWISSA BEFORE 500 PM EDT. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT TO LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. DS/WSO WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON
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 12, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
OHZALL-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 315 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9PM. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CINCINNATI...DAYTON... COLUMBUS...MARION AND CHILLICOTHE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND HEADING EAST TOWARD OHIO. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CELLS NEAR THE NORTHWEST OF DAYTON HAD PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WITH THE AIRMASS DESTABILIZING IN THE WATCH AREA...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LIMITS AND INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS WHICH DO BECOME SEVERE MAY PRODUCE HAIL AS LARGE AS AN INCH OR MORE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. KEEP YOUR EYE TO THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND ANY FURTHER CHANGES IN THIS DEVELOPING STORM ACTIVITY. SEM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
OHZALL-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 315 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9PM. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CINCINNATI...DAYTON... COLUMBUS...MARION AND CHILLICOTHE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND HEADING EAST TOWARD OHIO. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CELLS NEAR THE NORTHWEST OF DAYTON HAD PRODUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. WITH THE AIRMASS DESTABILIZING IN THE WATCH AREA...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LIMITS AND INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORMS WHICH DO BECOME SEVERE MAY PRODUCE HAIL AS LARGE AS AN INCH OR MORE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. KEEP YOUR EYE TO THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND ANY FURTHER CHANGES IN THIS DEVELOPING STORM ACTIVITY. SEM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005-006-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 338 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994 RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 335 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THESE STORMS CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE STORMS SHOULD SKIRT EAST ALONG AND NEAR THE OHIO MICHIGAN BORDER AND OUT OVER THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE. SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS DURING THUNDERSTORMS. BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IF THESE STORMS APPROACH. DIEFENDERFER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005-006-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 338 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994 RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 335 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THESE STORMS CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE STORMS SHOULD SKIRT EAST ALONG AND NEAR THE OHIO MICHIGAN BORDER AND OUT OVER THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE. SEEK SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS DURING THUNDERSTORMS. BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IF THESE STORMS APPROACH. DIEFENDERFER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
OHZ028>030-0370-047-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 342 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORM IN CRAWFORD COUNTY NEAR GALION. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE MANSFIELD BETWEEN 4 AND 5PM. SOME OF THE STORMS CAN PUT DOWN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
OHZ028>030-0370-047-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 342 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 1994 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORM IN CRAWFORD COUNTY NEAR GALION. THE STORM WILL BE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE MANSFIELD BETWEEN 4 AND 5PM. SOME OF THE STORMS CAN PUT DOWN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THOMPSON
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.