Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1989, 1:56 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1989, 1:56 PM EDT (17:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1989, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 27, 12:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:11 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 110 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PORTIONS OF OHIO EAST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT SANDUSKY TO CINCINNATI UNTIL 9 PM. AT 1 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AS THE AFTERNOON GOES ON... AND SOME OF THEM COULD BRING VERY STRONG WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. CONSIDERING THE PROSPECT FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE AFTERNOON... OHIOANS SHOULD PAY EXTRA ATTENTION TO LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE... AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:19 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 115 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1989 AT 110 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN OHIO. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CLEVELAND... ACROSS MANSFIELD TO MARION OHIO. ANOTHER SOLID LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SANDUSKY TO SOUTH OF FINDLAY OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVE OVERHEAD. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:25 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
125 PM EDT TUE JUNE 27 1989
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS OHIO IN THE PAST
HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN... DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
PEOPLE IN EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE
WATCH ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER DEVELOP.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR TRUMBULL...
MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES IN EASTERN OHIO AND LAWRENCE AND MERCER
COUNTIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
DOXEY
[Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:45 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 145 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1989 AT 140 PM EDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED OVER NORTHERN MARION COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE HAIL WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS CRAWFORD COUNTY BEWTEEN 145 PM AND 215 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOUR.S AS THEY MOVE OVERHEAD. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 155 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST TWO-THIRDS OF OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF OHIO EAST OF A SANDUSKY-CINCINNATI LINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM FOR MERCER COUNTY IN WEST-CENTRAL OHIO. AT 140 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND MORE SCATTERED ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND IN MEDINA COUNTY... IN WESTERN HURON COUNTY AND IN SOUTHWEST ASHTABULA COUNTY. IN SENECA COUNTY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 130 PM THE TOWN OF COOPER RECEIVED 1.40 INCHES OF RAIN IN 25 MINUTES. HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BURTON ALONG WITH .60 INCHES OF RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR. PEOPLE THROUGEHOUT THE EASTERN AREAS OF THE STATE SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED BY THE WEATHER SERVICE DURING THIS PERIOD. DEB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 58 min |
| Jun 27, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana, Mahoning | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Potter | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mercer | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 59 min |
| Jun 27, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Venango | 69 min |
| Jun 27, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mercer | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 3:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Venango | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mercer | 3 hr |
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.