Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 7:01 PM EDT for Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 7:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lake County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 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 KCLE 132304 RRA SVRCLE OHZ501-OHC085-140000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 701 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...LAKE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 700 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN MENTOR ON THE LAKE AND FAIRPORT HARBOR. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN LAKE COUNTY BY 800 PM. THE STORM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GABRIC
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 13, 3:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-008-009-010-011-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 350 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE... AT 350 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHCENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...EAST ACROSS LONG POINT CANADA...TO NEAR PORT DOVER ALONG THE NORTH SHORE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER LAKE ERIE FROM JUST NORTH OF CONNEAUT OHIO...WESTWARD TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRPORT OHIO. THE STORMS NEAR LONG POINT CANADA WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH...WHILE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRACKING GENERALLY TO THE EAST AT THE SAME SPEED. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESES STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OCCURRING FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-004-005-006-008-009-010-011-132045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 350 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE... AT 350 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHCENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...EAST ACROSS LONG POINT CANADA...TO NEAR PORT DOVER ALONG THE NORTH SHORE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER LAKE ERIE FROM JUST NORTH OF CONNEAUT OHIO...WESTWARD TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRPORT OHIO. THE STORMS NEAR LONG POINT CANADA WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH...WHILE OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRACKING GENERALLY TO THE EAST AT THE SAME SPEED. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESES STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OCCURRING FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
OHZ012-014-131300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 403 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED ALONG THE OHIO LAKESHORE OVER LAKE AND GEAUGA COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DOPPLER RADAR AT 4PM SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RIGHT ALONG THE SHORE FROM EAST OF MENTOR TO CONNEAUNT. THE STRONGEST WILL MOVE THROUGH CONNEAUT AROUND 430PM WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. STORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST LAKESHORE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION THOMPSON /
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
OHZ012-014-131300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 403 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REDEVELOPED ALONG THE OHIO LAKESHORE OVER LAKE AND GEAUGA COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DOPPLER RADAR AT 4PM SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RIGHT ALONG THE SHORE FROM EAST OF MENTOR TO CONNEAUNT. THE STRONGEST WILL MOVE THROUGH CONNEAUT AROUND 430PM WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. STORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST LAKESHORE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION THOMPSON /
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:50 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
OHZ001>050-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 650 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR LAKE ERIE HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE AREA FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RIPLEY NEW YORK UNTIL 845 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 11 PM. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE DEFIANCE...TOLEDO...FINDLAY... LIMA...SANDUSKY...NORWALK...LORAIN...CLEVELAND....MEDINA...MANSFIELD... AKRON...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...AND ASHTABULA. AT 650 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT CLEVELAND SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF LAKE ERIE. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE AREAS ALONG THE SHORE FROM ASHTABULA COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE EXTENDING ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN...JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO BORDER...INTO NORTHERN INDIANA. ALL OF THE STORMS ON RADAR WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO AND THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES FROM LORAIN EAST THROUGH ASHTABULA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:53 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
OHZ001>050-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 650 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 THE SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR LAKE ERIE HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE AREA FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RIPLEY NEW YORK UNTIL 845 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 11 PM. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE DEFIANCE...TOLEDO...FINDLAY... LIMA...SANDUSKY...NORWALK...LORAIN...CLEVELAND....MEDINA...MANSFIELD... AKRON...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...AND ASHTABULA. AT 650 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT CLEVELAND SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE EASTERN HALF OF LAKE ERIE. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE AREAS ALONG THE SHORE FROM ASHTABULA COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE EXTENDING ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN...JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO BORDER...INTO NORTHERN INDIANA. ALL OF THE STORMS ON RADAR WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THIS WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO AND THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES FROM LORAIN EAST THROUGH ASHTABULA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL... TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ^AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS KOSARIK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 56 min |
| Jun 13, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 40 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.