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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 15, 1989Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1989, 5:59 PM EST for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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
Nov 15, 1989, 5:59 PM EST (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 1989, 7:00 PM EST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Portage 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 6:15 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Portage, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 1989-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1989-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Nov 15, 4:34 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
430 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING AND FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
OHIO UNTIL 900 PM.

AT 415 PM EST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN OHIO 5 MILES EITHER
SIDE OF A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF CLEVELAND TO COLUMBUS TO CHILLICOTHE
TO WEST UNION. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED WEST OF
THE LINE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BLEW A ROOF OFF A HOUSE IN UNION COUNTY AT 330
PM DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. LARGE HAIL IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
PROMPTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLERMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN
OHIO. THE LARGE HAIL SHOULD MOVE INTO CLERMONT COUNTY DURING THE NEXT
30 MINUTES.

OTHER STORMS ACROSS OHIO WERE PRODUCING DANGEROUUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND BY 530 PM THE MOST
INTENSE ACTIVITY SHOULD EXTEND FROM THE EASTERN CLEVELAND SUBURBS TO
NEWARK TO PORTSMOUTH.

SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER.

HEATHFIELD
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 4:54 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
350 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

AT 345 PM EST AKRON CANTON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM CLEVELAND OHIO TO JUST EAST OF MANSFIELD OHIO TO COLUMBUS OHIO.
THIS LINE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL
9PM AND FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO TILL 6PM.

HEATH {
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 4:55 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
352 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

AT 345 PM EST AKRON CANTON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM CLEVELAND OHIO TO JUST EAST OF MANSFI%ELD OHIO TO COLUMBUS OHIO.
THIS LINE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL
9PM AND FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO TILL 6PM.

HEATH
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 5:20 PM EST, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
519 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

AT 515 PM EST AKRON CANTON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM EAST OF CLEVELAND OHIO TO WOOSTER OHIO TO NEWARK OHIO. THIS LINE
IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SKYWARN OBSERVER AT 510 MPH REPORTED SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN
IN WOOSTER OHIO WITH THE PASSAGE OF A THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL
9PM AND BFOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO TILL 6PM.

HEATH
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 5:21 PM EST, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
519 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

AT 515 PM EST AKRON CANTON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM EAST OF CLEVELAND OHIO TO WOOSTER OHIO TO NEWARK OHIO. THIS LINE
IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SKYWARN OBSERVER AT 510 MPH REPORTED SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN
IN WOOSTER OHIO WITH THE PASSAGE OF A THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL
9PM AND CFOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO TILL 6PM.

HEATH
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 5:51 PM EST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
550 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING BUT ANOTHER WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM FOR
PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST...

AT 520 PM EST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED 5 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A
LINE FROM CLEVELAND... TO LANCASTER IN CENTRAL OHIO TO JUST WEST OF
WAVERLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

A LESS INTENSE BAND OF STORMS DEVELOPED FROM JUST NORTH OF CINCINNATI
TO JUST WEST OF COLUMBUS TO LORAIN COUNTY WEST OF CLEVELAND.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH... SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE HAIL... DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF THE BUCKEYE
STATE FOR THE NEXT HOUR AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST AROUND 40 MILES AN
HOUR. HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING
ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL OHIO FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HIGH STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS HAVE ALSO TOPPLED TREES IN MORROW AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES
DURING THE PAST HOUR.

OTHER LESS INTENSE STORMS CONTINUED WEST OF A LINE FROM ASHTUBULA TO
ZANESVILLE TO WELLISTON.

URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED DURING THE LAST HOUR IN LORAIN AND
CUYAHOGA COUNTIES... AND IN COLUMBUS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL STATIONS FOR FURTHUR STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HEATHFIELD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 5:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina3 hr
Nov 15, 6:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake4 hr
Nov 15, 6:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.