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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 6, 1990Belmont County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1990, 8:07 PM EDT for Belmont County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 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 6, 1990, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1990, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Belmont 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 6, 8:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Belmont, 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 87 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 1990-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 388 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 1990-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
388 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 070018 COR
SVRCAK
OHC013-070100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
807 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
          ...BELMONT

AT 8PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
GUERSEY COUNTY MOVIG EAST AT 45 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.
ALTO

...CORRECTED RADAR TIME...

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 6, 7:17 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
OHZALL-030100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
715 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BLOSSOMED OVER THE BUCKEYE STATE DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

AT 7 PM THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN OHIO WERE LOCATED JUST
SOUTHWEST OF MEDINA... IN A THIN BAND FROM AKRON TO NEAR WOOSTER AND
NEAR MANSFIELD. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS... BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

OUTSIDE THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OTHER RAINSHOWERS AND
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHERN OHIO
GENERALLY SOUTH OF LAKE ERIE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM YOUNGSTOWN TO
MANSFIELD.

ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

WIDESPREAD RAIN PREVAILED ACROSS WESTERN OHIO. THE COLUMBUS AREA WAS
ALSO PLAGUED BY THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AROUND 7 PM. WIND
DAMAGE WAS REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING FROM STORMS MOVGING THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE STATE.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES REMEMBER TO SEEK SHELTER.

HEATHFIELD
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:57 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-070200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
756 PM EDT WED JUN 06 1990

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO THIS
EVENING.

AT 750 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM
AKRON TO COLUMBIANA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL
MOVE INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA BY 8 PM.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS.

APFEL

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.