Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1990, 5:01 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 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 14, 1990, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1990, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cuyahoga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 5:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cuyahoga, 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 142102
SVRCLE
OHC035-142145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
501 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY AND THE ADJOINING WATERS OF LAKE
ERIE...
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
...CUYAHOGA
AT 450 PM A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN LORAIN COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
CUYAHOGA COUNTY NEAR THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE.
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.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 14, 1:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
OHZ006-011-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 150 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT... AT 145 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM WOOD COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO ABOUT ALLEN COUNTY. THE MAIN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF TOLEDO TO SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. AT THE RATE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOME WILL MOVE TO NORTH CENTRAL OHIO BY 230 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THE MANSFIELD AREA BY 3PM EDT. ALL OF THIS WEATHER IS zBEING CAUSED BY A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT SO THIS MEANS CONDITIONS WILL CHANGE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON. STAY ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
OHZALL-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 240 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 6 PM. MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CLEVELAND... DAYTON... FINDLAY... LIMA... MANSFIELD... SANDUSKY... AND TOLEDO. AT 230 PM RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE THAT WENT FROM ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN TOLEDO TO THE OHIO-INDIANA BORDER ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH... OR A BIT SLOWER THAN EARLIER THE AFTERNOON. IF IT MAINTAINS THIS COURSE... BY 4 PM IT WILL BE FROM NEAR SANDUSKY TO NEAR DAYTON. < NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN OHIO AS OF 245 PM. HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL STRIKE THIS AFTERNOON COULD BRING HIGH WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND EVEN TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA YSHOULD HAVE A PLACE OF SAFETY IN MIND IN CASE THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
OHZALL-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 245 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 6 PM. MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CLEVELAND... DAYTON... FINDLAY... LIMA... MANSFIELD... SANDUSKY... AND TOLEDO. AT 230 PM RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE THAT WENT FROM ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN TOLEDO TO THE OHIO-INDIANA BORDER ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH... OR SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN EARLIER THE AFTERNOON. IF IT MAINTAINS THIS COURSE... BY 4 PM IT WILL BE FROM NEAR SANDUSKY TO NEAR DAYTON. < NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN OHIO AS OF 240 PM. HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL STRIKE THIS AFTERNOON COULD BRING HIGH WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND EVEN TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN THE] WATCH AREA SHOULD HAVE A PLACE OF SAFETY IN MIND IN CASE THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. KWIATKOWSKI CORRECTED WORDING OF TIMING IN LAST PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
OHZ006-011-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 305 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM EDT... AT 300 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TOLEDO TO ABOUT LIMA OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAS SLOWED SOMEWHAT DURING THE PAST HOUR. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM SANDUSKY...MANSFIELD...TO DAYTON OHIO BY 4PM. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HIGH WINDS OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
OHZALL-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 350 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 6 PM. MAJOR CITIES WHERE A WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM INCLUDE AKRON... CANTON... CINCINNATI... CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS... DAYTON... MANSFIELD... AND ZANESVILLE. MAJOR CITIES WHERE A WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM INCLUDE FINDLAY... LIMA... SANDUSKY... AND TOLEDO. AT 340 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF TOLEDO TO ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IF IT KEEPS THIS COURSE IT WILL BE FROM NEAR CLEVELAND TO THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF CINCINNATI BY 5 PM. < THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER IN OHIO TODAY WILL BE FROM STORMS IN THIS LINE. HOWEVER OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER OHIO THIS AFTERNOON... AND SOME OF THEM COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER ALSO. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN OHIO AS OF 345 PM. HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL STRIKE THIS AFTERNOON COULD BRING HIGH WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND EVEN TORNADOES. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. AN OBSEVER AT MONTPELIER IN WILLIAMS COUNTY REPORTED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN /1.09/ IN AN HOUR AS STORMS PASSED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD HAVE A PLACE OF SAFETY IN MIND IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING AND SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 4:22 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
OHZ006-011-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 425 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 320 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SANDUSKY...ACROSS BUCYRUS TO DAYTON OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 320 PM AND THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING S TRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GO TO 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 14, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 29 min |
| Sep 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas | 60 min |
| Sep 14, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 53 min |
| Sep 14, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 61 min |
| Sep 14, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 57 min |
| Sep 14, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey, Tuscarawas | 64 min |
| Sep 14, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Carroll | 64 min |
| Sep 14, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 65 min |
| Sep 14, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 56 min |
| Sep 14, 7:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 42 min |
| Sep 14, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 26 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.