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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 6, 1990Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1990, 9:23 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 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, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1990, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Stark 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, 10:00 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Stark, 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 00:00Z on 1990-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1990-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 070123
SVRCAK
OHC151-070230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
923 PM EDT THU SEP 6 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
          ...STARK
 
AT 920 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
WADSWORTH TO NEAR RAVENNA OHIO MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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 ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 8:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake56 min
Sep 6, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana, Mahoning58 min
Sep 6, 8:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit65 min
Sep 6, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning87 min
Sep 6, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull54 min
Sep 6, 9:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana61 min
Sep 7, 12:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHarrison, Jefferson4 hr
Sep 7, 12:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit43 min
Sep 7, 12:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain2 hr
Sep 7, 12:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit4 hr
Sep 7, 1:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina2 hr
Sep 7, 2:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEJefferson3 hr
Sep 7, 3:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain3 hr
Sep 7, 4:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit4 hr
Sep 7, 5:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEJefferson7 hr
Sep 7, 6:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga3 hr
Sep 7, 8:22 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit4 hr

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.