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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 9, 1989Monroe County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1989, 4:06 PM EDT for Monroe County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1989, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1989, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1989-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 660 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1989-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 092007
SVRCAK
OHC111-092115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
406 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
          ...MONROE
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN
SOUTHWEST MONROE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTH EAST AT 40
MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Jul 9, 4:00 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON, OH
400 PM EDT SUN JUL 9 1989

AT 355PM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF GUERNSEY AND NOBLE COUNTIES.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN GUERNSEY..NOBLE..WESTERN MONROE AND EASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THIS
AREA BY 5PM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

KEHNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLENoble, Washington43 min

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.