Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1994, 7:34 PM EDT for Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1994, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1994, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mercer County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KYNG 162339 COR SVRYNG PAC085-170000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 734 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 LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...MERCER COUNTY AT 733 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF SHARON. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. 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. 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
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 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 ERIELocal storm report, Jun 16, 5:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 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 ERIESpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 6:44 PM EDT, 50 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:46 PM EDT, 48 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
Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
715 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994
TO:CLE KOSARIK
FM:MFD BARNES/BLONDIN
ALL TIMES TYPE OF DAMAGE LOCATION SOURCE AREA
LOCAL
6/16 1155 3/4 INCH HAIL 2 MILES EAST FULTON AREA
OF FULTON IN RESIDENT
MORROW COUNTY
COUNTY RD 23
6/16 1330 TREE DOWN OHIO RT 314/ OHIO
NORTH OF I-71 HIGHWAY PATROL
FRANKLIN/PERRY
TWP IN MORROW
COUNTY
6/16 1410 TREE DOWN BELLVILLE IN LEXINGTON
SOUTH CENTRAL POLICE
RICHLAND COUNTY
6/16 1410 DAMAGE TO BELLVILLE IN LEXINGTON
WOODEN DECK RICHLAND COUNTY POLICE
ON HOME
6/16 1423 STOP SIGN SR 62 AND COUNTY KNOX CO
BLOWN DOWN/ RD 27 NEAR SHERIFF
LARGE TREES ARTANNA
BLOWN OVER
6/16 1428 1/4 INCH HAIL NORTH OF UTICA KNOX CO
SHERIFF
6/16 1430 TREE DOWN SR 546/5 MILES RICHLAND CO
SOUTH OF EMA
LEXINGTON
6/16 1400 TREE DOWN SWIGART RD RICHLAND CO
NEAR BOTT RD/ EMA
LUCAS/MONROE
TWP
6/16 1545 MINOR FLOODING RT 36 IN WEATHER
WATER OVER ROAD CENTERBURG SERVICE
KNOX CO EMPLOYEE
6/16 1607 TREE DOWN COUNTY RD 16 KNOX CO
SHERIFF
6/16 1637 TREE DOWN PATTON RD KNOX CO
EAST OF U.S. 36 SHERIFF
6/16 1700 TREE DOWN COUNTY RD 170 MORROW CO
NORTH OF COUNTY SHERIFF
RD 179
RICH BARNES/DENNIS BLONDINLocal storm report, Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
715 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994
TO:CLE KOSARIK
FM:MFD BARNES/BLONDIN
ALL TIMES TYPE OF DAMAGE LOCATION SOURCE AREA
LOCAL
6/16 1155 3/4 INCH HAIL 2 MILES EAST FULTON AREA
OF FULTON IN RESIDENT
MORROW COUNTY
COUNTY RD 23
6/16 1330 TREE DOWN OHIO RT 314/ OHIO
NORTH OF I-71 HIGHWAY PATROL
FRANKLIN/PERRY
TWP IN MORROW
COUNTY
6/16 1410 TREE DOWN BELLVILLE IN LEXINGTON
SOUTH CENTRAL POLICE
RICHLAND COUNTY
6/16 1410 DAMAGE TO BELLVILLE IN LEXINGTON
WOODEN DECK RICHLAND COUNTY POLICE
ON HOME
6/16 1423 STOP SIGN SR 62 AND COUNTY KNOX CO
BLOWN DOWN/ RD 27 NEAR SHERIFF
LARGE TREES ARTANNA
BLOWN OVER
6/16 1428 1/4 INCH HAIL NORTH OF UTICA KNOX CO
SHERIFF
6/16 1430 TREE DOWN SR 546/5 MILES RICHLAND CO
SOUTH OF EMA
LEXINGTON
6/16 1400 TREE DOWN SWIGART RD RICHLAND CO
NEAR BOTT RD/ EMA
LUCAS/MONROE
TWP
6/16 1545 MINOR FLOODING RT 36 IN WEATHER
WATER OVER ROAD CENTERBURG SERVICE
KNOX CO EMPLOYEE
6/16 1607 TREE DOWN COUNTY RD 16 KNOX CO
SHERIFF
6/16 1637 TREE DOWN PATTON RD KNOX CO
EAST OF U.S. 36 SHERIFF
6/16 1700 TREE DOWN COUNTY RD 170 MORROW CO
0 NORTH OF COUNTY SHERIFF
RD 179
RICH BARNES/DENNIS BLONDINNearby
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.