Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 3, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 6:24 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Erie, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 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 KCLE 032214
SVRCLE
OHC043-032315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
615 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
...ERIE
AT 610 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
SANDUSKY TO TIFFIN THEN SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DAYTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH ERIE
COUNTY BY 730 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND
HAVE DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES IN NORTHWEST OHIO.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
SJNWhat 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, Jun 3, 6:11 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
OHZALL-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 612 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EXTREME SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. AT 600 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE MARBLEHEAD AREA TO EAST OF FINDLAY TO LOGAN AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAINS... AND FREQUENT LIGHTENING. AS THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH THE TOLEDO AREA MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT 8 TO 10 THOUSAND HOMES WERE WITHOUT POWER. THERE HAS BEEN AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF 2 DEAD IN THE TOLEDO AREA WHERE A TREE FELL ON A MINIVAN. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ENTERING WESTERN CLEVELAND AT SHORTLY AFTER 630 PM IF THEY CONTINUE AT THEIR CURRENT SPEED. PEOPLE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. VRCEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 12:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 81 min |
| Jun 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 90 min |
| Jun 3, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 118 min |
| Jun 3, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.