Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1989, 8:08 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 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
- May 31, 1989, 8:08 PM EDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1989, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lucas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lucas, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.3
- Supercell composite
- -1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOL 010009
SVRTOL
OHC095-010115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
808 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
...LUCAS
AT 805 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED BY SKYWARN AROUND DELTA OHIO
AROUND 8 PM EDT.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 31, 3:44 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 342 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH AREA IS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM VAN WERT TO UPPER SANDUSKY TO PORT CLINTON. OTHER CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO... DEFIANCE... BOWLING GREEN AND FINDLAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST OHIO IN THE WATCH AREA. THESE ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OHIO FOR TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD MONITOR RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNINGS. CHARNICK
Special weather statement, May 31, 4:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 445 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989 AT 440 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THESE WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO PAULDING AND VANWERT COUNTIES AROUND 500 PM. ELSEWHERE OVER NORTHWEST OHIO ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE INDICATED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. CHARNICK
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 545 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989 AT 540 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PAULDING COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN ...AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN PUTNAM AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO AROUND 600 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR NORTHWEST OHIO...WEST AND NORTH OF LINE FROM ROUGHLY MARBLEHEAD TO UPPER SANDUSKY TO VAN WERT. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE RADIO AND TELEVISION ON THESE CONTINUINGm WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. CHARNICK
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 650 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR NORTHWEST OHIO...WEST AND NORTH OF LINE FROM ROUGHLY MARBLEHEAD TO UPPER SANDUSKY TO VAN WERT. AT 645 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LANSING MICHIGAN TO GOSHEN INDIANA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DOWNED SOME TREES WEST OF GOSHEN AROUND 630 PM. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH. RADAR ALSO SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS FROM SOUTH OF TOLEDO TO NEAR FINDLAY. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS WAS DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY AND MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN NORTHWEST OHIOG WILL OCCUR AS THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, May 31, 7:52 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 750 PM EDT WED MAY 31 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR NORTHWEST OHIO...WEST AND NORTH OF LINE FROM ROUGHLY MARBLEHEAD TO UPPER SANDUSKY TO VAN WERT. AT 745 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN THROUGH THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OHIO TO NORTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS IN MICHIGAN AND INDIANA. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. RAIN WAS FALLING AT THE RAIN OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN WILLIAMS COUNTY AROUND 730 PM EDT. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE MODERATE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTMS... CREEKS AND STREAMS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS BEGINNING TO INTENSIFY AND MOVE FASTER AS IT MOVED INTO MORE UNSTABLE AIR OVER NORTHERN OHIO. THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED EAST LATER THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT. MAXIMUK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Wood | 65 min |
| May 31, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 55 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.