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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 30, 1989Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1989, 9:19 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 1989, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 1989, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Ottawa County, OH

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 356 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 310120
SVRTOL
OHC123-310215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
919 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
          ...OTTAWA
 
AT 915 PM... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM
MOVING INTO MAUMEE BAY. THE GUST FRONT WITH THIS STORM SHOULD ENTER
OTTAWA COUNTY BY 930 PM. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM.
 
 
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.

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, May 30, 5:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
544 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989

.......THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 545 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LYING
EAST TO WEST ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.  THIS LINE WAS 30 MILES WIDE
AND EXTENDED FROM NEAR ANDOVER OHIO EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF VENANGO IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVER THE PAST
HOUR. THE LINE HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT ALTHOUGH THE SEPERATE THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE LINE HAVE BEEN MOVING EASTWARD.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTuNING
...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS....FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEAT OVER THE
SAME AREA.

PARRISH/WELLS

Special weather statement, May 30, 6:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
523 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS.. GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WERE MOVING THROUGH TRUMBULL COUNTY IN OHIO AND MERCER COUNTY IN WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS EVENING.

AT 504 PM EDT A WIND GUST OF 56 MPH ACCOMPANIED A THUNDERSTORM AT THE
YOUNGSTOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR WAS ALSO REPORTED.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD KEY AN EYE ON THE
WEATHER THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH.

DOXEY

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Special weather statement, May 30, 6:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
623 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS.. GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
WERE MOVING THROUGH TRUMBULL COUNTY IN OHIO AND MERCER COUNTY IN WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS EVENING.

AT 604 PM EDT A WIND GUST OF 56 MPH ACCOMPANIED A THUNDERSTORM AT THE
YOUNGSTOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR WAS ALSO REPORTED.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD KEY AN EYE ON THE
WEATHER THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH.

DOXEY
...CORRECTED TIME...

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Special weather statement, May 30, 8:36 PM EDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
836 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE POUNDING SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING.

AT 830 PM... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE STORMS HAVE
A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY GUSTY WINDS.. HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUDS. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 45 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL ENTER THE NORTHWEST OHIO COUNTIES OF FULTON AND LUCAS
BETWEEN 900 AND 930 THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST OHIO
SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

COVERT B

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Special weather statement, May 30, 8:54 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
855 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
THE NORTHERN THREE-QUARTERS OF OHIO.

THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM DAYTON THROUGH
COLUMBUS AND CAMBRIDGE TO STEUBENVILLE.

AT 840 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
NORTHWEST IF MONROE MICHIGAN. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED DAMAGING
WINDS... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND REPORTS OF TORNADOES AS IT MOVED THROUGH
MICHIGAN THIS EVENING.

THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL ENTER WESTERN LAKE
ERIE AROUND 9 PM EDT. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR
WESTERN LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO VERMILION UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN MOVING
SOUTHEAST. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN OHIO LATER THIS
EVENING.

PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF OHIO INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
DAYTON... COLUMBUS... MANSFIELD... TOLEDO... CLEVELAND... AKRON AND
YOUNGSTOWN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCT DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY ]
RAIN.

MAXIMUK

Local storm report, May 30, 9:04 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
903 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 1989

 0630PM EDT SENECA FIRE DEPT. VENANGO COUNTY. TREES DOWN..POWER OUTAGES
        LARGE PORTABLE SIGNS TOSSED AROUND. WIND ESTIMATED TO 60 MPH.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	47 min
May 30, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	45 min
May 30, 9:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Fulton	41 min
May 31, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Fulton	53 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.