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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 6, 1990Belmont County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1990, 6:18 PM EDT for Belmont County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1990, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1990, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Belmont 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 1990-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 062218
SVRCAK
OHC013-062300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
618 PM EDT THU SEP 6 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
          ...BELMONT
 
AT 610 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MI NORTH OF
BARNESVILLE MOVING SE AT 30 MPH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
N

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, Sep 6, 1:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
OHZ002-003-011-061900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
145 PM EDT THU SEP 6 1990

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE LAKESHORE
COUNTIES OF OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 140 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM NORWALK
TO WILLARD IN HURON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

RADAR ALSO INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LONDON TO ABOUT
25 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO
EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO BY 230 PM. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS
IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM FAIRPORT HARBOR TO RIPLEY UNTIL 330 PM
EDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS... HAIL
CAND HEAVY RAIN.  MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING AND MOVING
ACROSS OHIOS LAKESHORE COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 1:49 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PAZ001-02-062000

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
140 PM EDT THU SEP 06 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE...

AT 140 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE
ERIE...EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF PORT BURWELL...ONTARIO WESTWARD TO
THE CENTRAL PORTION OF LAKE ERIE.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
REACH THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA LAKE SHORE AREA AROUND 230 PM EDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR SOON AS THESE STORMS APPROACH
THE LAKESHORE.
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 2:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PAZ001-02-062100

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
245 PM EDT THU SEP 06 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE...

AT 240 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM LONG POINT ONTARIO
TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE OF NORTHEAST OHIO.

THE LINE OF LINE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
AND SHOULD REACH THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE BY 3PM EDT AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD
COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 330 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MILES AN HOUR AS THEY MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

PEOPLE LIVING IN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AS
THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ERIE...CRAWFORD AND VENANGO
COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING.

TJP/RR
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 2:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
250 PM EDT THU SEP 06 1990
PAZ001-02-062100

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
245 PM EDT THU SEP 06 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS JUST NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE...

AT 240 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM LONG POINT ONTARIO
TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE OF NORTHEAST OHIO.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
AND SHOULD REACH THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE BY 3PM EDT AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD
COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 330 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MILES AN HOUR AS THEY MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
PEOPLE LIVING IN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AS
THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ERIE...CRAWFORD AND VENANGO
COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING.

TJP/RR
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 5:44 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
OHZALL-062300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
543 PM EDT THU SEP 6 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN
THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 8 PM.

AT 530 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL OHIO. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED
OVER HARRISON AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN BELMONT
COUNTY BY 640 PM.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY... WHILE MORE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFFECT OHIO THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF
CAUSING DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PEOPLE
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SUCH CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO GO TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES.

HILTBRAND
Local storm report, Sep 6, 6:16 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
615 PM EDT THU SEP 06 1990

STORM REPORT FOR THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 1990

TIME EDT        EVENT
=====================================================================
330 PM EDT      POWER LINES DOWN NEAR CRANESVILLE IN ERIE CO PA.

345 PM EDT      POWER LINES DOWN NEAR LINESVILLE IN CRAWFORD CO PA.

354 PM EDT      SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN
                15 MIN AT LINESVILLE IN CRAWFORD CO PA.

405 PM EDT      POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES DOWN ON PARK AVE IN
                MEADVILLE IN CRAWFORD CO PA.  BY EMA AND SKYWARN.
                ALSO SOME STREET FLOODING.

415 PM EDT      1.75 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MIN AT LINESVILLE PA.

425 PM EDT      ESTIMATED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WITH POWER LINES
                DOWN AT FRENCH TOWN IN CRAWFORD CO PA.  ALSO LARGE
                TREES.

425 PM EDT      LARGE TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN AND STREET
                 FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN MEADVILLE IN CRAWFORD CO PA.

530 PM EDT      POWER LINES DOWN...ALSO SOME TREES...NEAR FRANKLIN IN
                VENANGO CO PA.

RR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Lorain42 min
Sep 6, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga30 min
Sep 6, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne54 min
Sep 6, 3:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEGeauga36 min
Sep 6, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula40 min
Sep 6, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull67 min
Sep 6, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit60 min
Sep 6, 4:05 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull55 min
Sep 6, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning65 min
Sep 6, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning60 min
Sep 6, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECarroll, Holmes, Tuscarawas63 min
Sep 6, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.