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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 3, 1990Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 8:04 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull 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
Jun 3, 8:20 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Trumbull, OH
Jun 3, 8:40 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Mahoning, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 1990-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1990-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KYNG 040006
SVRYNG
OHC099-155-040100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
804 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
          ...MAHONING...TRUMBULL
 
AT 800 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM ASHTABULA TO AKRON OHIO. THIS LINE WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWNED AND POWER OUTAGES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  5DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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, Jun 3, 6:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 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
Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:40 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
735 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990

LUCAS COUNTY:

1 CONFIRMED DEAD... TREE OR BRANCH FELL ON MINIVAN IN NORTH TOLEDO.

WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND TREE LIMBS GREATER THAN ONE FOOT IN
DIAMETER REPORTED BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE THROUGHOUT LUCAS COUNTY.

ALL BETWEEN 500 AND 530 PM EDT

PM

                                                                             [
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:57 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PAZ001-002-040100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
748 PM EDT SUN JUN 03 1990

...LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ASHORE ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA...
...LAKESHORE...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM TONIGHT...

AT 745 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE
FROM THE BUFFALO NEW YORK AREA WESTWARD TO NEAR CLEVELAND OHIO. THIS LINE IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE LAKESHORE AREA
SHORTLY...THIS LINE WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO INTERIOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
REACHING CRAWFORD AND WARREN COUNTIES BETWEEN 800 AND 830PM.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMAL9L HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

PARRISH/WELLS
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:59 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PAZ001-002-040100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
748 PM EDT SUN JUN 03 1990

...LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ASHORE ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA...
...LAKESHORE...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM TONIGHT...

AT 745 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE
FROM THE BUFFALO NEW YORK AREA WESTWARD TO NEAR CLEVELAND OHIO. THIS LINE IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE LAKESHORE AREA
SHORTLY...THIS LINE WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO INTERIOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
REACHING CRAWFORD AND WARREN COUNTIES BETWEEN 800 AND 830PM.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMAL>L HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SOME GUSTS OF 50
MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

PARRISH/WELLS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Wayne66 min
Jun 3, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage42 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.