Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1989, 1:16 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 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
- Apr 25, 1989, 1:16 PM EDT (17:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1989, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Washington, 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 nearest sounding before it
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAK 251718
SVRCAK
OHC167-251815-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
116 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
...WASHINGTON
RADAR AT 105 PM EDT INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSDTORM ABOUT 10
MILES NW OF WATERTOWN MOVING SE AT 40 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.
BROOKYWhat 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, Apr 25, 7:28 AM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 728 AM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECSTED IN OHIO TODAY OR TONIGHT. CHARNICK
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1110 AM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. THE AIR OVER OHIO HAS TURNED QUITE UNSTABLE. ONE BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. A SECOND SYSTEM HAS DEVELOPED IN MINNESOTA... AND IT SHOULD MOVE INTO OHIO LATE TODAY OR EARLY TONIGHT. PEROUTKA
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 11:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1127 AM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 A THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT A BRIEF WIND GUST OF 58 MILES AN HOUR TO CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT AT 1125 THIS MORNING. THIS GUST CAME FROM A NEARBY THUNDERSTORM. IT WAS SHORT-LIVED AND SHOULD PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANY DAMAGE IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN WEAKENING OVER NORTHERN OHIO THIS MORNING...BUT THEY WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. PEROUTKA
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 12:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 1205 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL OVER WASHINGTON COUNTY LATE THIS MORNING. SHORTLY BEFORE NOON MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER NEAR MARIETTA AND THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINS AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING ABOUT THE SAME TIME. RADAR AT NOON WAS SHOWING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN OHIO. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF PARKERSBURG, W.VA. AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME OF THESE STORMSa WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL. BROOKY
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 12:42 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1243 PM EDT TUE APR 25 1989 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSED OHIO DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. AT 1230 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE EAST CENTRAL PARTS OF OHIO...BUT THOSE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED A GREAT DEAL OF LIGHTNING. PEOPLE ACROSS OHIO WILL HAVE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STONG THUNDERSTORMS BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLIMBING THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEY WILL MAKE THE AIR MORE UNSTABLE STATEWIDE. HAILSTONES THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER FELL ON GRANVILLE (IN CENTRAL LICKING COUNTY) AROUND NOONTIME. AT 1133 AM...ONE INCH HAIL FELL ON DELAWARE COUNTY. A BRIEF GUST OF ALMOST 60 MILES AN HOUR REACHED CLEVELAND'S HOPKINS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 1125... BUT IT WAS VERY LOCALIZED AND CAUSED LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO TONPIGHT. PEROUTKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton, Guernsey | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Monroe, Noble | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.