Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1994, 4:34 PM EDT for Summit County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1994, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1994, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Summit County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 KCAK 152037 SVRCLE OHC153-169-152130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 434 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...SUMMIT COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY AT 425 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWESTERN SUMMIT COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF BARBERTON. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST HOLMES COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MOUNT HOPE. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH. 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. IK
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, 3:58 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050--058-059-068-069-076-152100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 358 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS EASTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 345 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF AKRON TO SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY TO JUST EAST OF MILLERSBURG THEN TO COSHOCTON COUNTY. THERE WERE ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UPTO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS PONDING AND STANDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THE STORMS PASS OVER. IK ...CORRECTED TIME IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH FOR THE RADAR...
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:58 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050--058-059-068-069-076-152100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 358 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS EASTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 245 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF AKRON TO SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY TO JUST EAST OF MILLERSBURG THEN TO COSHOCTON COUNTY. THERE WERE ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDNS UPTO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS PONDING AND STANDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THE STORMS PASS OVER. IK
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:06 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050--058-059-068-069-076-152100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 358 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS EASTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 345 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF AKRON TO SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY TO JUST EAST OF MILLERSBURG THEN TO COSHOCTON COUNTY. THERE WERE ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UPTO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS PONDING AND STANDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THE STORMS PASS OVER. IdK ...CORRECTED TIME IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH FOR THE RADAR...
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:10 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050-058-059-068-069-076-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 358 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS EASTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 345 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF AKRON TO SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY TO JUST EAST OF MILLERSBURG THEN TO COSHOCTON COUNTY. THERE WERE ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS UPTO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS PONDING AND STANDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE THE STORMS PASS OVER. InK ...CORRECTED HEADER OF STATEMENT...
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:26 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
OHZ007>014-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 426 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LORAIN COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 420 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND WAS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY... NEAR ELYRIA. THE THUNDERSTORM HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND AT 416 PM HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ELYRIA BY A WEATHER OBSERVER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN OHIO LAKESHORE COUNTIES THIS EVENING AND THEY COULD HAVE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:28 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
OHZ007>014-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 426 PM EDT WED JUN 15 1994 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LORAIN COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 420 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND WAS SHOWING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY... NEAR ELYRIA. THE THUNDERSTORM HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND AT 416 PM HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ELYRIA BY A WEATHER OBSERVER. THE THUN|DERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN OHIO LAKESHORE COUNTIES THIS EVENING AND THEY COULD HAVE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. KIELTYKA
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, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 24 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, 4:56 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.