Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1989, 4:32 PM EDT for Noble County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1989, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1989, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Noble County, OH, Washington County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 5:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Noble, OH | |
| Jul 9, 5:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Washington, OH |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAK 092032
SVRCAK
OHC121-167-092115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
432 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 COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
...NOBLE...WASHINGTON
AT 430 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF NOBLE COUNTY AND ANOTHER POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN THE NORTHCENTRAL SECTION OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.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, 32 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Monroe | 69 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.