Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1994, 5:37 PM EDT for Hancock County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 23 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1994, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, OH, Putnam County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 KTOL 172137 SVRCLE OHC063-137-172200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 537 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...HANCOCK COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 535 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF FINDLAY IN HANCOCK COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY WEST AND CONTAINED HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DIEFENDERFER &
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, 1 hour 50 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, 1 hour 49 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, 1 hour 46 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Noble | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Putnam | 30 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.