Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1989, 9:59 PM EDT for Cuyahoga 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
- May 25, 1989, 9:59 PM EDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1989, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cuyahoga 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:19 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cuyahoga, 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCLE 260159
SVRCLE
OHC035-260300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
959 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF OHIO
CUYAHOGA...CENTRAL AND THE ADJOINING WATERS OF LAKE-ERIE
AT 950 TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN ELYRIA IN CENTRAL LORAIN
COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL
EFFECT THE WESTERN PART OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY BY 1015 AND EXIT THE
EASTERN PART BY ELEVEN TONIGHT.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT /STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
ECKERTWhat 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, 8:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 845 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF OHIO UNTIL MID-NIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO... YET THIS EVENING... BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PART OF THE STATE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM JUST WEST OF MANSFIELD TO NORTH OF COLUMBUS. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCING STRONG WINDS... HEAVY RAIN AND ALMOST CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE MANSFIELD AREA BY NINE O'CLOCK AND INTO LORAIN AND MEDINA TOWARD TEN O'CLOCK. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER... THEY WILL ARRIVE IN THE CLEVELAND AND AKRON METROPOLITAN AREAS JUST AFTER TEN THIS EVENING. OTHER VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AND HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN OHIO AROUND TEN THIS EVENING. B PEOPLE IN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NIGHT AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL AT LEAST MID-NIGHT. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ECKERT
Special weather statement, May 25, 8:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 847 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 AT 845 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SOME VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER CRAWFORD AND MORROW COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN SOME HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHLAND... ASHLAND AND KNOX COUNTIES BEWTEEN NOW AND 11 PM EDT. IF THREATHENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... BANYAS
Special weather statement, May 25, 8:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 855 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF OHIO UNTIL MID-NIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO... YET THIS EVENING... BUT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PART OF THE STATE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM JUST WEST OF MANSFIELD TO NORTH OF COLUMBUS. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCING STRONG WINDS... HEAVY RAIN AND ALMOST CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE MANSFIELD AREA BY NINE O'CLOCK AND INTO LORAIN AND MEDINA TOWARD TEN O'CLOCK. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER... THEY WILL ARRIVE IN THE CLEVELAND AND AKRON METROPOLITAN AREAS JUST AFTER TEN THIS EVENING. OTHER VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AND HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN OHIO AROUND TEN THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NIGHT AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL AT LEAST MID-NIGHT. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ECKERT ...CO\RRECTED EASTERN TO WESTERN IN FIRST SENTENCE...
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:11 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 910 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN WILLIAMS, FULTON, AND LUCAS COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO. AT 905 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST. PERSONS LIVING IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHAzNGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SPICER
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:26 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 925 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 AT 920 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORWALK...ACROSS THE MANSFIELD AREA TO ABOUT ZANESVILLE OHIO. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT ABOUT 9PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL IN EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS WERE KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AT GALION..IN EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE LIGHTNING HAS BEEN FREQUENT AND VERY INTENSE WITH A LOT OF CLOUD TO GROUND STRIKES. HEAVY RAIN HAS CASUED SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ON SOME ROADWAYS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... BANYAS
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:38 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 837 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF OHIO UNTIL MID-NIGHT. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF SANDUSKY TO NEAR COSHOCTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS PRODUCED STRONG WINDS... PEA SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHEN THEY MOVED ACROSS HURON COUNTY. ALMOST CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING ALSO WAS OCCURRING. AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH GALION... IN EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY... SMALL HAIL FELL AND A FEW SMALL LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN. IN SOUTWEST LORAIN COUNTY PEA SIZE HAIL FELL IN WELLINGTON AND WINDS GUSTED TO 55 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CLEVELAND AND ARKON METROPOLITAN AREAS AROUND TEN O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. OTHER VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF EASTERN INDIANA INTO WESTERN OHIO. THESE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE REST OF TONIGHT. PEOPLE IN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE NIGHT AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL AT LEAST MID-NIGHT. FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ECKERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 51 min |
| May 25, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 48 min |
| May 25, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 40 min |
| May 26, 12:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 4 hr |
| May 26, 1:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 3 hr |
| May 26, 1:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 3 hr |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.