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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 28, 1994Erie County, Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1994, 4:25 PM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 1994, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 1994, 5:20 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 6 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 KCLE 282026
TORCLE
OHC043-077-282130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
425 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY...HURON COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED FROM THE SANDUSKY AREA IN
ERIE COUNTY AND THE NORWALK AREA IN HURON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD... CHEST AND EXPOSED SKIN.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEjEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND
PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM.
AVOID WINDOWS.
 
KOSARIK/JOHNSON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jul 28, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-282130

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
300 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO

AT 300 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
TRUMBULL COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF WARREN.

HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY POSSIBILITY WITH THESE STORMS AND
WILL BE AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF TRUMBULL UNTIL ABOUT 430 PM.

HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING
AREAS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD REFRAME FROM DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED
STREETS.

WILLIAMS

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-282130

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
300 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO

AT 300 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
TRUMBULL COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF WARREN.

HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY POSSIBILITY WITH THESE STORMS AND
WILL BE AFFECTING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF TRUMBULL UNTIL ABOUT 430 PM.

HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING
AREAS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD REFRAME FROM DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED
STREETS.

WILLIAMS

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

OHZ007>020-282045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
320 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT MOST
OF THE STORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ASHTABULA TO MEDINA TO FREMONT
TO TOLEDO. THEY WERE DRIFTING EAST AROUND 10 MPH.

SOME OF THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.

MOTORISTS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF FLOODED ROADWAYS. DON'T DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

WASHINGTON

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

OHZ007>020-282045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
320 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT MOST
OF THE STORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ASHTABULA TO MEDINA TO FREMONT
TO TOLEDO. THEY WERE DRIFTING EAST AROUND 10 MPH.

SOME OF THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.

MOTORISTS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF FLOODED ROADWAYS. DON'T DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

WASHINGTON

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PAZ001-002-003-004-008-282030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
323 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 320 PM EDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
ALONG A LINE FROM LAKE CITY IN ERIE COUNTY...TO EAST OF LINESVILLE
IN CRAWFORD COUNTY...SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN OHIO NEAR CANTON AND
WADSWORTH.

A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF
CRAWFORD COUNTY SOUTH OF ALBION.  ANOTHER POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM WAS
APPROACHING SHARON ACROSS THE OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA BORDER.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND
COULD CAUSE HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE LOW-LYING FLOODING WITH THEIR SLOW
MOVEMENT.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THAT IS PRONE TO LOW-LYING FLOODING...BE PREPARED
FOR HEAVY RAINS AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS.  THE WATER MAY BE
TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY.

BELK

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour before

PAZ001-002-003-004-008-282030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
323 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 320 PM EDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
ALONG A LINE FROM LAKE CITY IN ERIE COUNTY...TO EAST OF LINESVILLE
IN CRAWFORD COUNTY...SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN OHIO NEAR CANTON AND
WADSWORTH.

A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF
CRAWFORD COUNTY SOUTH OF ALBION.  ANOTHER POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM WAS
APPROACHING SHARON ACROSS THE OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA BORDER.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AND
COULD CAUSE HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE LOW-LYING FLOODING WITH THEIR SLOW
MOVEMENT.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THAT IS PRONE TO LOW-LYING FLOODING...BE PREPARED
FOR HEAVY RAINS AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS.  THE WATER MAY BE
TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO tCROSS SAFELY.

BELK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	64 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.