Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 20, 1988Columbiana County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 20, 1988, 2:11 PM EST for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 20, 1988, 2:11 PM EST (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 20, 1988, 3:00 PM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Columbiana County, OH

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 20, 2:23 PM ESTHail 1Columbiana, OH

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 20, 2:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning32 min
Nov 20, 2:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELawrence55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.