Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1989, 7:23 PM EDT for Crawford County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1989, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1989, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, PA, Warren County, PA
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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KERI 032323
SVRERI
PAC039-123-040030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
723 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF PENNSYLVANIA
EASTERN CRAWFORD...WARREN
AT 720 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ACROSS EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY JUST EAST OF CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS INTO
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WARREN COUNTY. THESE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEAOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.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, 5:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 515 PM EDT SAT JUN 03 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ALONG PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND ARE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST ALONG AND OFFSHORE OF THE ERIE SHORE LINE. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE ERIE ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF ERIE, PA. AT 510 PM EDT. THIS STORM WAS 4MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BOATERS SHOULD BEWARE OF THIS STORM AND SEEK SHELTER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING ALONG THE LAKESHORE AND OVER LAKE ERIE. REEDY
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 533 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING AND FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST OHIO. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE MAUMEE RIVER. ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED. AT 525 PM EDT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO WITH A FEW IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST. THE AREA OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. ALL MOTORIST ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. IF HIGH WATER IS ENCOUNTERED DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH IT. COVERT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 557 PM EDT SAT JUN 03 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW ENTERING WESTERN ERIE COUNTY... AT 600 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL LAKE ERIE TO THE WESTERN BORDERS OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES...SOUTH TO CENTRAL ASHTABULA COUNTY IN OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY ENTERED WESTERN ERIE COUNTY. DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...PEOPLE LIVING IN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT CONTAIN STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL^ . BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PAONE/REEDY
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:48 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
648 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989
AT 642 PM THE MAHONING COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A REPORT OF
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL NEAR CRAIG BEACH WHICH IS IN
THE LAKE MILTON AREA OF MAHONING COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA TILL MIDNIGHT. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP.
DOXEY
[Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:03 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 703 PM EDT THU JUN 3 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS NEW WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF YOUNGSTOWN... STEUBENVILLE AND MARIETTA. ALSO... WE HAVE CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH WEST OF A LINE FROM TOLEDO TO CELINA. THE TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH ELEVEN TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT. TREMENDOUS RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER NORTHERN OHIO DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. AMOUNT RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST TO AN INCH OR TWO IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST. AT 655 THIS AFTERNOON RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NORTH OF AKRON TO MARIETTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS... THEN LATER TONIGHT MAJOR RIVERS IN NORTHERN OHIO COULD GO ABOVE FLOOD. PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND QUICKLY. PERSONS ACROSS ALL... BUT EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD ALSO KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SA FETY IF SEVERE WEATHER STRIKES. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:21 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 720 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR ASHLAND...CRAWFORD... AND RICHLAND COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 720 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING TO THE EAST OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. RADAR STILL SHOWED SOME LIGHT RAIN OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO BUT THIS SHOULDN'T POSE ANY PROBLEM FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. BANYAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.