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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 7:32 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 118 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
- Jun 3, 1990, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashtabula 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Ashtabula, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCLE 032332
SVRCLE
OHC007-040130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
732 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
...ASHTABULA
AT 730 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
JUST NORTH OF GENEVA TO MEDINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45
TO 50 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO ASHTABULA AROUND 800 PM. THESE STORMS
HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH WHIHC HAVE CAUSED SEVERAL
POWER OUTAGES AND NUMEROUS TREES TO BE DOWNED.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR STRONG... DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.
SJNWhat 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, Jun 3, 6:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
OHZALL-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 612 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EXTREME SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. AT 600 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE MARBLEHEAD AREA TO EAST OF FINDLAY TO LOGAN AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAINS... AND FREQUENT LIGHTENING. AS THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH THE TOLEDO AREA MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT 8 TO 10 THOUSAND HOMES WERE WITHOUT POWER. THERE HAS BEEN AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF 2 DEAD IN THE TOLEDO AREA WHERE A TREE FELL ON A MINIVAN. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ENTERING WESTERN CLEVELAND AT SHORTLY AFTER 630 PM IF THEY CONTINUE AT THEIR CURRENT SPEED. PEOPLE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. VRCEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 12:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 81 min |
| Jun 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 90 min |
| Jun 3, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 62 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.