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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 17, 1989Fulton County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1989, 4:37 PM EDT for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1989, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1989, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 1989-06-17Temperature 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 1989-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 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 KTOL 172038
SVRTOL
OHC051-172145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
437 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
          ...FULTON
 
AT 436 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR TEDROW IN FULTON COUNTY. FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTED STRONG WINDS AND ALOT OF HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST AROUND 20 MPH AND SHOULD PASS JUST NORTH OF WAUSEON BY 5PM EDT.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
ELH

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 17, 4:13 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
413 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1989

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO DEFINACE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO.

AT 409 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
MOVING FROM WILLIAMS COUNTY INTO FULTON COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AROUND 25 MPH.  AT 408 PM EDT FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SMALL
HAIL AND STRON WINDS WITH THIS STORM.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME
NORTHEAST HENRY COUNTY.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEE SHELTER.

ELH
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:17 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
413 PM EDT SAT JUN 17 1989

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO DEFINACE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO.

AT 409 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
MOVING FROM WILLIAMS COUNTY INTO FULTON COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AROUND 25 MPH.  AT 408 PM EDT FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SMALL
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WITH THIS STORM.

RADAR ALSO SHOWED ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME
NORTHEAST HENRY COUNTY.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER.

ELH (CORRECTED TYPOS)

Nearby

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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.