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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 16, 1994Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1994, 7:09 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 1994, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 1994, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

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OHC099-155-170000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
709 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MAHONING COUNTY...TRUMBULL COUNTY
 
AT 608 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDER
NEAR THE WESTERN BORDERS OF MAHONING AND TRUMBULL COUNTIES...BETWEEN
NEWTON FALLS AND LAKE MILTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND2 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.
 
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 16, 3:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 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, 3 hours 40 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, 1 hour 41 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, 1 hour 40 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

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:44 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
644 PM EDT THR JUN 16 1994

AT 640 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN
NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY.

THE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT TO THE EAST. THEY CONONTAINED
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCALIZED FLOODING
COULD OCCUR IN AREAS WHERE THE HEAVY RAINS PERSIST.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST ON
THIS EVENINGS WEATHER.

DIEFENDERFER

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:46 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

OHZ002-003-005>008-016>018-027-160030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
644 PM EDT THR JUN 16 1994

AT 640 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN
NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY.

THE STORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT TO THE EAST. THEY CONONTAINED
HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCALIZED FLOODING
COULD OCCUR IN AREAS WHERE THE HEAVY RAINS PERSIST.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST ON
THIS EVENINGS WEATHER.

DIEFENDERFER

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, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	40 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, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Monroe	62 min

Nearby

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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.