Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1990, 9:18 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 1990, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1990, 10:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trumbull 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 00:00Z, 1.3 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KYNG 070118
SVRYNG
OHC155-099-PAC073-070245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
918 PM EDT THU SEP 6 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF OHIO
TRUMBULL...MAHONING...
IN THE WEST PART OF PENNSYLVANIA
LAWRENCE...
AT 915 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WARREN IN TRUMBULL
COUNTY. THE WARREN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED LARGE TREE LIMBS
DOWN IN THE CITY OF WARREN.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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 HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
DOXEYWhat 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, 6:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes 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, 1 hour 56 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, 1 hour 37 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
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
OHZ006-011-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 805 PM EDT THU SEP 6 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM EDT FRI. AT 8 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND EXTREME NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY WILL MOVE ACROSS MORROW COUNTY BETWEEN 805 AND 9 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ASHLAND COUNTY WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND EXIT BY ABOUT 9 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF THREATENING WXEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:51 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
OHZALL-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 850 PM EDT THU SEP 6 1990 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OHIO UNTIL 1 AM FRIDAY. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE AKRON... CANTON... CLEVELAND... MANSFIELD... SANDUSKY... AND YOUNGSTOWN. AT 840 PM CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST OHIO AND THE ADJOINING WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MANSFIELD THROUGH AKRON AND CANTON TO YOUNGSTOWN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. 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
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 9:10 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
OHZ006-011-070300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 910 PM EDT THU SEP 6 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1AM EDT FRI. AT 905 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST RICHLAND...SOUTHERN MORROW AND SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTIES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ONE THUNDERSTORM WAS EXITING SOUTHEAST ASHLAND COUNTY AT 910 PM EDT. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHEAST RICHLAND COUNTY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY AT 910 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BANYAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 56 min |
| Sep 6, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana, Mahoning | 58 min |
| Sep 6, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 87 min |
| Sep 6, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 67 min |
| Sep 6, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 12:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Harrison, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 12:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Medina | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 3:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Jefferson | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.