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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 17, 1994Noble County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1994, 4:02 PM EDT for Noble County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1994, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1994, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Noble County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1058 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1994-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1058 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 
WUUS1 KCAK 172004
SVRCLE
OHC121-172045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
402 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...NOBLE COUNTY
 
AT 400 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDIACTED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN NOBLE COUNTY JUST WEST OF THE TOWN OF
CALDWELL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING WEST AROUND 15 MPH.
 
 
 
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 FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
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 17, 3:47 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050-058-059-068-069-076-172050-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
347 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 1994

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 342 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
BELMONT...GUERNSEY AND NOBLE COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND
10 MPH.

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

IK

...CORRECTED TYPO IN FIRST PARAGRAPH...
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:48 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050-058-059-068-069-076-172050-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
347 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 1994

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVLOPING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 342 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
BELMONT...GUERNSEY AND NOBLE COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND
10 MPH.

THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THIS
COMVBINED WITH THE FACT THEY ARE MOVING SLOWLY...LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD
OCURR. IN ADDITION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

IK
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:51 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
OHZ021-022-031-032-038-039-040-048-049-050-058-059-068-069-076-172050-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
347 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 1994

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 342 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
BELMONT...GUERNSEY AND NOBLE COUNTIES MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND
10 MPH.

THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THISh
COMBINED WITH THE FACT THEY ARE MOVING SLOWLY...LOCALIZED FLOODING COULD
OCURR. IN ADDITION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

IK

...CORRECTED TYPO IN FIRST PARAGRAPH...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Putnam23 min
Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Putnam30 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.