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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 6, 1990Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1990, 7:48 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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
Sep 6, 1990, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1990, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, 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
Sep 6, 8:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Cuyahoga, 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1990-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1594 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1990-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 062349
SVRCLE
OHC035-093-070045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
748 PM EDT THU SEP 6 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND THE ADJOINING WATERS OF LAKE
ERIE...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
          ...CUYAHOGA...LORAIN
 
AT 745 RADAR SHOWED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE OVER
CUYAHOGA AND LORAIN COUNTIES FROM LAKE ERIE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTBEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

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, 2:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 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, 2 hours 4 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, 1 hour 32 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
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 6:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
OHZALL-070000-

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

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

AT 640 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS... WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS... OVER EAST CENTRAL OHIO. THE
STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER BELMONT... SOUTHERN GUERNSEY... NORTHERN NOBLE
AND SOUTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO MORGAN AND SOUTHERN NOBLE COUNTIES
BETWEEN 640 AND 740 PM.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN LAKE
ERIE... TO THE NORTHWEST OF CLEVELAND. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING 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 THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

HILTBRAND
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:22 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PAZ001-070100

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

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

AT 715 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR
AND SHOULD REACH THE LAKESHORE AREA BY 745 PM EDT.  AS THESE STORMS MOVE
INTO ERIE COUNTY THEtY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.

BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.

TJP/RR
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:41 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
OHZALL-070100-

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

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
OHIO UNTIL 1 AM FRIDAY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EASTERN
THIRD OF OHIO WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM.

SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE AKRON... CANTON...
CLEVELAND... MANSFIELD... SANDUSKY... AND YOUNGSTOWN.

AT 735 PM CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF LAKE ERIE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES
FROM SANDUSKY EASTWARD BETWEEN 8 AND 830 PM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING OHIO THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF
CAUSING TORNADOES... 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 THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

;HILTBRAND

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, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEBelmont42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.