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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 3, 1989Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1989, 2:23 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1989, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1989, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood 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 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1989-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1989-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 3, 12:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
117 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO FULTON COUNTY.  AT 115 PM EDT
SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

ELH

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:41 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
141 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO LUCAS, HENRY AND PUTNAM COUNTIES.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN SOUTHWEST THROUGH FULTON,
HENRY, DEFIANCE, PUTNAM AND PAULDING COUNTIES.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.  ONE EIGHTH INCH DIAMETER HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 5PM
EDT.  WATCH OUT FOR FLOODING IN THESE AREAS AND KEEP TUNED FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

ELH

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:51 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
255 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN QUARTER OF OHIO
AND THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN
OHIO FROM 300 PM EDT UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 220 THIS AFTERNOON
FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO VERMILION.  URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 300
PM AND FOR WILLIAMS COUNTY UNTIL 315.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROUGHT SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS TO NORTHWESTERN
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME STREET FLOODING OCCURED WITH THESE STORMS
AS THEY CROSSED NORTHERN INDIANA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE HIT NORTHWESTERN OHIO WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF OHIO WILL HAVE TO KEEP A WATCH FOR DANGEROUS
WEATHER THIS AFTERNOOON AND EVENING.  THE AIR IS BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE
STATEWIDE...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE DAY IS
DONE.

PEROUTKA
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:52 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
CORRECTED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
155 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN QUARTER OF OHIO
AND THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN
OHIO FROM 300 PM EDT UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 220 THIS AFTERNOON
FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO VERMILION.  URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 300
PM AND FOR WILLIAMS COUNTY UNTIL 315.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROUGHT SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS TO NORTHWESTERN
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME STREET FLOODING OCCURED WITH THESE STORMS
AS THEY CROSSED NORTHERN INDIANA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE HIT NORTHWESTERN OHIO WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF OHIO WILL HAVE TO KEEP A WATCH FOR DANGEROUS
WEATHERQ THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE AIR IS BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE
STATEWIDE...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE DAY IS
DONE.

PEROUTKA

CORRECTED TIME IN THE HEADER.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHenry38 min
Jun 3, 3:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood67 min
Jun 3, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock54 min
Jun 3, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca, Wyandot41 min
Jun 3, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron65 min
Jun 3, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit65 min
Jun 3, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie53 min
Jun 3, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Warren67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.