Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1994, 9:11 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1994, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1994, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KYNG 140111 SVRYNG PAC073-140200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 911 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 908 PM EDT DOPPLER RADARS IN CLEVELAND AND PITTSBURGH SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY SOUTH OF NEW WILMINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 KTS AND WILL AFECT THE TOWNS OF LEESBURG AND PLAIN GROVE BY 930 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. JHV
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, 4:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 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, 5 hours 8 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, 2 hours 21 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, 2 hours 18 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, 8:32 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-140230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 832 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. AT 830 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MAUMEE BAY TO FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN JUST NORTH OF FULTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE IN NORTHERN INDIANA AND WILL BE MOVING EAST INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. OHIOANS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS DURING THUNDERSTORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DIEFENDERFER XzvvvWWUS~ @"6WWUSNWWUS< f6WWUS 56WWUSh h*6WWUS $WWUSH2 }66WWUS |x<WWCN ,De^WSUS lWWUS< 66WWUS56WWUShhqWWUS( WUUS $WWUSH2 66WWUS qWWUS x`WWUS 7 WUUSb dV`WWUS H 66WWUS =J.F. + 6WWUS H-b6WWUS7q4WSUS ( WUUS 86WWUS 0XWSUS 8G WSPA| 46WWUS 'Na`WWUS d= PPBB 640; WUUS* t+( WUUS 6(_ WSPN| +`WWUS (=WWCNl $5X WUUS H;96WWUS^ "WWUS< 0-b6WWUS0 t3U^WSUSp |#F66WWUS ,.[ WUUS|
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 8:33 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-140230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 832 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. AT 830 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MAUMEE BAY TO FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN JUST NORTH OF FULTON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE IN NORTHERN INDIANA AND WILL BE MOVING EAST INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. OHIOANS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TA0KE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS DURING THUNDERSTORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DIEFENDERFER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Forest, Venango | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 12:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Forest, Venango, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | McKean | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Forest, McKean, Venango, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 6 hr |
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.