Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1989, 6:16 AM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1989, 6:16 AM EDT (10:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1989, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lucas 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 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 KTOL 251017
SVRTOL
OHC095-251100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
616 AM EDT THU MAY 25 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
...LUCAS
AT 615 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING LUCAS COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST
AROUND 50 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 HOM&E OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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, May 25, 3:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 400 AM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE TH
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:33 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 530 AM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN NORTHWEST OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING. THE STORMS DEVELOPED NEAR FINDLAY SHORTLY AFTER 5 AM AND WERE INCREASING IN SIZE AND INTENSITY RAPIDLY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FREMONT AND BELLEVUE AREAS SHORTLY AFTER 530 AM EDT AND WILL BE OVER SANDUSKY BAY BEFORE 6 AM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ANOTHER LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM THE DETROIT AREA ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN TO AROUND 50 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS. THE WIND GUSTED TO 86 MPH IN SOUTH BEND AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH AROUND 4 AM EDT. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL ENTER NORTHWEST OHIO AROUND 6 AM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 AM. THE WATCH IS WEST OF A LINE FROM PORT CLINTON TO FINDLAY TO CELINA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITY OF TOLEDO. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO VERMILION UNTIL 715 AM EDT. PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WINDS TO 70 MPH... HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. THERE WILL BE SOME CLEARING IN OHIO DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY... BUT MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:57 AM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 550 AM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 AM EDT. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO VERMILION UNTIL 715 AM EDT. AT 545 AM EDT A LINE THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM SOUTH OF DETROIT THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO TO NEAR FORT WAYNE. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IN MICHIGAN SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE HAVE PRODUCED WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAVE BEEN STRONG PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THIS MORNING AND THEN THERE SHOULD BE A PERIOD OF CLEARING AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. MAXIMUK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.