Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1989, 7:05 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1989, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1989, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAK 112305
SVRCAK
OHC167-120000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
705 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
...WASHINGTON
AT 705 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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.
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, 3:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 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, 2 hours 19 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, 1 hour 56 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
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 540 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 535 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LUCAS COUNTY SOUTH TO LOGAN COUNTY. THE LINE THEN EXTENDED EAST SOUTHEAST TO BELMONT COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER DELEWARE... CASHOCTON... AND BELMONT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN MORROW COUNTY AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN UNION COUNTY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAS ALSO BEEN OBSERVED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING AND REMAIN GENERALLY SOUTH OF A SANDUSKY TO PITTSBURGZH LINE. SJN
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:20 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 620 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF OHIO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. THE WATCH AREAS INCLUDES ALL BUT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREAS ARE CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS... TOLEDO... YOUNGSTOWN... MANSFIELD... AKRON... DAYTON... AND CINCINNATI. AT 605 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LUCAS COUNTY SOUTH TO LOGAN COUNTY. THE LINE THEN EXTENDED EAST SOUTHEAST TO BELMONT COUNTY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING SOUTH OF THIS LINE. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WYANDOT... CASHOCTON.. BELMONT... MUSKINGUM... GUERNSEY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL... WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH... HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL BUT EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO THROUGH THE EVENING. SJN
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:45 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 645 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM AND FOR SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE WATCH AREAS INCLUDES ALL BUT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREAS ARE CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS... TOLEDO... YOUNGSTOWN... MANSFIELD... AKRON... DAYTON... AND CINCINNATI. AT 635 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM HANCOCK COUNTY TO LICKING COUNTY. THE LINE THEN EXTENDED EAST SOUTHEAST TO MONROE COUNTY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER SOUTHERN OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CRAWFORD... CASHCTON.. BELMONT... MUSKINGUM... GUERNSEY... NOBLE AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL... WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH... HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL BUT EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO THROUGH THE EVENING. SJN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Belmont | 64 min |
| 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 |
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.