Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1994, 1:51 PM EDT for Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1994, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1994, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lake County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 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
- 1038 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 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 151753 RRA SVRCLE OHC085-151845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 151 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...EASTERN LAKE COUNTY AT 150 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. THE STORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THIS STORM. 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. LAPLANTE DIRECT SUNLIGHT WHEN POSSIBLE OR MOVE INTO A COOL BUILDING. DRINK LARGE QUANTITIES OF COLD BEVERAGES BUT REFRAIN FROM USING ALCOHOL...WHICH AGGRAVATES HEAT RELATED DISORDERS. FINALLY...PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT PETS ARE GIVEN PLENTY OF COOL...FRESH WATER AND A PLACE IN THE SHADE. FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE SIGNS OF HEAT DISTRESS AND SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION IF THE SIGNS APPEAR. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE HEAT WAVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN. KEITH NNNN
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 15, 12:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050--058-059-068-069-076-151730 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 1230 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVLOPING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1215 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF AN ERIE PENNSYLVANIA...ZANESVILLE OHIO ...RAVENSWOOD WEST VIRGINIA LINE. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS OCCUR SOME PONDING AND STANDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS( LIKELY WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. IK ...CORRECTED TYPO...
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:04 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050--058-059-068-069-076-151810 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 104 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS EASTERN OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1255 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF A FRANKLINN PENNSYLVANIA...WARREN OHIO CMABRIDGE...POMEROY LINE. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS OCCUR SOME PONDING AND STANDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. IK
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:04 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050--058-059-068-069-076-151810 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 104 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS EASTERN OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1255 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST OF A FRANKLINN PENNSYLVANIA...WARREN OHIO CMABRIDGE...POMEROY LINE. THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IF LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS OCCUR SOME PONDING AND STANDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. IK
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:11 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050-058-059-068-069-076-151810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 111 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEASTERN OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 100 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER STARK COUNTY...ONE JUST WEST OF NORTH CANTON...ANOTHER HALF WAY BETWEEN CANTON AND MASSILLON AND A THIRD WEAKER STORM OVER MASSILLON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING LITTLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE FACT THEY ARE MOVING LITTLE...LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD OCURR. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL. IK ...CORRECTED TYPOS...
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:16 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
OHZ009>-014-018>020-151830 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 115 PM EDT WED JUN 1994 WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 115 THIS AFTERNOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF CLEVELAND AND RIGHT ALONG THE LAKESHORE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ALONG THE LAKE AND GEAUGA COUNTY BORDER NEAR CONCORD. A STRONG STORM WAS SOUTH OF CITY OF MEDINA... AND A STRONG STORM WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH OF ASHTABULA NEAR JEFFERSON. MOST OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH OVER THE NORTHEAST OHIO AND CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE STORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE HAIL. < THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:16 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
OHZ009>-014-018>020-151830 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 115 PM EDT WED JUN 1994 WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 115 THIS AFTERNOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF CLEVELAND AND RIGHT ALONG THE LAKESHORE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ALONG THE LAKE AND GEAUGA COUNTY BORDER NEAR CONCORD. A STRONG STORM WAS SOUTH OF CITY OF MEDINA... AND A STRONG STORM WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH OF ASHTABULA NEAR JEFFERSON. MOST OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH OVER THE NORTHEAST OHIO AND CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND CAUSING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE STORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE HAIL. < THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 68 min |
| Jun 15, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 65 min |
| Jun 15, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit, Wayne | 56 min |
| Jun 15, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Tuscarawas | 64 min |
| Jun 15, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Harrison | 55 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.