Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1989, 5:26 PM EDT for Belmont County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1989, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1989, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Belmont 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 2592 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAK 112127 RRA
SVRCAK
OHC013-112230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
526 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
...BELMONT
AT 520 PM RARAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HENDRYSBURG IN
WESTERN BELMONT COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 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 OAR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
KEHNERWhat 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 11, 2:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 245 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL BUT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF THE STATE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS... TOLEDO... YOUNGSTOWN... MANSFIELD... AKRON AND DAYTON. AT 235 PM WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TO WEST CENTRAL OHIO TO THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF LIMA. AS OF 235 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN OHIO... BUT THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
CORRECTED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 245 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL BUT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF THE STATE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS... TOLEDO... YOUNGSTOWN... MANSFIELD... AND AKRON. AT 235 PM WEATHER RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN TO WEST CENTRAL OHIO TO THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF LIMA. AS OF 235 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN OHIO... BUT THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. MAXIMUK CORRECTED TO DELETE MENTION OF DAYTON IN SECOND PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 345 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL BUT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF THE STATE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS... TOLEDO... YOUNGSTOWN... MANSFIELD... AND AKRON. AT 335 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OHIO FROM CELINA THROUGH MT VERNON TO NEAR WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BELLFONTAINE IN LOGAN COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST SOUTHEAST OF MARION AND SOUTH OF MT GILEAD. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO AS OF 335 PM EDT. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:46 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 445 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL BUT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST CORNERS OF THE STATE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS... TOLEDO... YOUNGSTOWN... MANSFIELD... AND AKRON. AT 435 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WILLIAMS COUNTY SOUTH TO MERCER COUNTY. THE LINE THEN EXTENDS EAST TO SOUTHERN TUSCARAWAS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER LOGAN... VAN WERT... UNION... KNOX AND EASTERN CASHOCTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS... WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THEY MAY ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO AS OF 435 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING.d SJN
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:09 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 507 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 5 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM OAKSHADE IN FULTON COUNTY TO RIMER IN PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AROUND 525 PM... LUCAS...WOOD AND HANCOCK COUNTIES OF NORHTWEST OHIO. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND BE PREPARED TO GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD CONDITIONS WARRENT. SPICER 3
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Noble | 67 min |
| Jul 11, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 55 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.