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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 27, 1989Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 27, 1989, 11:13 PM EST for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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 27, 1989, 11:13 PM EST (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 1989, 12:15 AM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lorain 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 27, 11:35 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Lorain, 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 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 00:00Z on 1989-11-28Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1989-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 592 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
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
592 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
600 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 11:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga63 min
Nov 28, 12:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake57 min
Nov 28, 12:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga61 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.