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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 17, 1994Hancock County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT for Hancock County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1994, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1994, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
30 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, 10.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 193 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 172202
SVRTOL
OHC063-137-172230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
600 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWEST OHIO

   ...PUTNAM COUNTY

AT 6 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT
15 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.

MURPHY

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, 2 hours 13 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, 2 hours 12 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, 2 hours 9 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, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLENoble43 min
Jun 17, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Putnam23 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.