Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1994, 8:13 PM EDT for Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 1994, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1994, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Van Wert County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 28, 3:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 353 PM EDT (253 PM EST) TUE JUN 28 1994 THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN PORTION OF TRISTATE AREA AT 345 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TRISTATE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHERN MASON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYSVILLE...OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI. ANOTHER STORM WAS IN NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...NEAR MT ORAB...OR 30 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE TRISTATE AREA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.. .AS THEY CAN SHATTER IN STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ZOLTOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 353 PM EDT (253 PM EST) TUE JUN 28 1994 THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN PORTION OF TRISTATE AREA AT 345 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TRISTATE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME NORTHERN MASON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYSVILLE...OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI. ANOTHER STORM WAS IN NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...NEAR MT ORAB...OR 30 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE TRISTATE AREA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.. .AS THEY CAN SHATTER IN STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ZOLTOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
630 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO UNTIL 2 AM EDT.
SOME OF THE CITIES IN THIS WATCH AREA INCLUDE MARION...MARYSVILLE...AND
MOUNT GILEAD.
AT 1015 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS WAS
INDICATING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO.
THIS AREA WAS NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM CELINA...TO
BELLEFONTAINE...TO SANDUSKY.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF WAPAKONETA.
THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO NORTH OF CELINA...IN MERCER
COUNTY...EARLIER THIS EVENING.
MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
RAINSHOWERS SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN MARION AND NORTHERN UNION
COUNTIES BY 1030 PM...WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THESE COUNTIES BY
1100 PM.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.
AVERY
OF...FRANKFORT...LEXINGTON...MOREHEAD...
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TODD-WARREN-Special weather statement, Jun 28, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
OHZ036-045-046-282330-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
630 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 1994
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO UNTIL 2 AM EDT.
SOME OF THE CITIES IN THIS WATCH AREA INCLUDE MARION...MARYSVILLE...AND
MOUNT GILEAD.
AT 1015 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS WAS
INDICATING AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO.
THIS AREA WAS NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM CELINA...TO
BELLEFONTAINE...TO SANDUSKY.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF WAPAKONETA.
THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO NORTH OF CELINA...IN MERCER
COUNTY...EARLIER THIS EVENING.
MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
RAINSHOWERS SHOULD MOVE INTO WESTERN MARION AND NORTHERN UNION
COUNTIES BY 1030 PM...WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THESE COUNTIES BY
1100 PM.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.
AVERY
OF...FRANKFORT...LEXINGTON...MOREHEAD...
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.OIGHTOSTLY CLEAR WITHE FOG DEVELOPINGW NEAR 65.
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TODD-WARREN-The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 9:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Crawford, Morrow | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 12:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 1:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Richland | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland, Knox | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Richland | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Crawford | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Richland | 36 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.