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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 3, 1989Crawford County, Warren County, Pennsylvania

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1989-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie53 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.