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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 16, 1994Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1994, 5:35 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 1994, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1994, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Portage County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 968 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 162138
SVRCAK
OHC133-162215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
535 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...PORTAGE COUNTY
 
CLEVELAND DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AT 535 PM EDT INDICATED A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF STREETSBOBO MOVING SLOWLY WEST.
 
 
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 FRzOM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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 16, 3:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050-058-059-068-069-076-152015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
314 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 250 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
WEST OF A MEDINA...COSHOCTON...CHILLICOTHE LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE BETWEEN MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE STORMS. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN
WAYNE AND CENTRAL HOLMES COUNTY. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING LITTLE.

THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THIS
COMBINED WITH THE FACT THEY ARE MOVING LITTLE...LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD
OCURR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

IK

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:14 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050-058-059-068-069-076-152015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
314 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 250 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
WEST OF A MEDINA...COSHOCTON...CHILLICOTHE LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE BETWEEN MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE STORMS. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN
WAYNE AND CENTRAL HOLMES COUNTY. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING LITTLE.

THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THIS
COMBINED WITH THE FACT THEY ARE MOVING LITTLE...LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD
OCURR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

IK

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
329 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994
PAZ002-003-004-162300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
328 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994

...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER
   NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE AT 320 PM...AND DOPPLER RADAR
FROM PITTSBURGH AND STATE COLLEGE INDICATE SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA.  THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING
BETWEEN CORRY..UNION CITY AND SPARTANSBURG IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ERIE
...NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND WESTERN WARREN COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT ONLY 5 TO 10 MPH.
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH
COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING OVER SMALL STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS A DANGER FROM THUNDERSTORMS...SO
ITS BEST TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN
THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING.  REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
AND THE TELEPHONE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

IF FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR...EVACUATE THE FLOODED AREA AND MOVE TO
GROUND.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR ATTEMPT
TO CROSS RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS ON FOOT...SINCE THE WATER DEPTH MAY
BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS
FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING TlHIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

LAMBERT/WELLS

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
329 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994
PAZ002-003-004-162300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
328 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994

...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER
   NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE AT 320 PM...AND DOPPLER RADAR
FROM PITTSBURGH AND STATE COLLEGE INDICATE SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA.  THE STORMS WERE OCCURRING
BETWEEN CORRY..UNION CITY AND SPARTANSBURG IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ERIE
...NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD AND WESTERN WARREN COUNTY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT ONLY 5 TO 10 MPH.
THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH
COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING OVER SMALL STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS A DANGER FROM THUNDERSTORMS...SO
ITS BEST TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN
THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING.  REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
AND THE TELEPHONE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

IF FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR...EVACUATE THE FLOODED AREA AND MOVE TO
GROUND.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO FLOODED AREAS OR ATTEMPT
TO CROSS RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS ON FOOT...SINCE THE WATER DEPTH MAY
BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS
FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:28 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
528 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994

STORM REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 15 1994

TIME  EDT    EVENT

1700  EDT    TREES DOWN NEAR CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS AND WOODCOCK IN NORTHERN
             AND CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY.  TIME ESTIMATED AND REPORTED BY
             CRAWFORD COUNTY EMA OFFICE.  NO REPORTS OF FLOODING RECEIVED
             YET.

WSO ERIE

Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:29 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
528 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994

STORM REPORTS FOR WEDNESDAY JUNE 15 1994

TIME  EDT    EVENT

1700  EDT    TREES DOWN NEAR CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS AND WOODCOCK IN NORTHERN
             AND CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY.  TIME ESTIMATED AND REPORTED BY
             CRAWFORD COUNTY EMA OFFICE.  NO REPORTS OF FLOODING RECEIVED
             YET.

WSO ERIE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Coshocton, Holmes, Wayne	62 min
Jun 16, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	69 min
Jun 16, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Tuscarawas	57 min
Jun 16, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina	46 min
Jun 16, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne	32 min
Jun 16, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Tuscarawas	32 min
Jun 16, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Monroe	68 min
Jun 16, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	60 min
Jun 16, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Belmont	53 min
Jun 16, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Columbiana	43 min
Jun 16, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	51 min
Jun 16, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Monroe	62 min

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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.