Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 5:55 PM EDT for Guernsey County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 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 8, 1990, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Guernsey 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 8, 6:00 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Guernsey, OH | |
| Jun 8, 6:39 PM EDT | Hail 2 | Guernsey, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1045 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAK 082156
SVRCAK
OHC059-082300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
555 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
...GUERNSEY
AT 555 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF CAMBRIDGE OHIO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE AL;ERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.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 8, 3:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
OHZALL-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 305 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 255 THIS AFTERNOON RADARS ACROSS OHIO SHOWED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM DELAWARE... IN CENTRAL OHIO TO NORTH OF DAYTON IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE DEVELOPING ON A LINE FROM WEST CENTRAL TO EAST CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. STRONG WINDS... SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR MORE INFORMATION. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
OHZ006-011-081900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 310 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 AT 310 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BORDER OF MORROW AND DELAWARE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AT THIS RATE IT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KNOX COUNTY BY 330PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD CONTAIN STRONG WINDS... SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN MORROW AND KNOX COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS.. BANYAS BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
OHZ006-011-081900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME IN HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 310 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 AT 310 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE BORDER OF MORROW AND DELAWARE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AT THIS RATE IT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KNOX COUNTY BY 330PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD CONTAIN STRONG WINDS... SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN MORROW AND KNOX COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THE WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS.. BANYAS BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
OHZALL-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 347 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO FROM FOUR THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL TEN THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VAN WERT TO MANSFIELD AND AKRON... AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CINCINNATI TO WAVERLY AND PARKERSBURG. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE LIMA... DAYTON... COLUMBUS... MANSFIELD... AKRON... WILMINGTON AND MARIETTA. CINCINNATI... CLEVELAND... TOLEDO AND ASHTABULA ARE NOT IN THE WATCH. AT 340 THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM NEAR LIMA TO MT. VERNON AND WHEELING... WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... TORRENTIAL RAIN AND ISOLATED TORNADOS. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND MOST OF SOUTHERN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
OHZALL-082100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 354 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO FROM FOUR THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL TEN THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VAN WERT TO MANSFIELD AND AKRON... AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CINCINNATI TO WAVERLY AND PARKERSBURG. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE LIMA... DAYTON... COLUMBUS... MANSFIELD... CANTON... WILMINGTON AND MARIETTA. CINCINNATI... CLEVELAND... TOLEDO... AKRON AND ASHTABULA ARE NOT IN THE WATCH. AT 340 THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM NEAR LIMA TO MT. VERNON AND WHEELING... WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... TORRENTIAL RAIN AND ISOLATED TORNADOS. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND MOST OF SOUTHERN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE LISTENING TO NOAA WEAT6HER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ECKERT CORRECTED TO REMOVE AKRON AND TO ADD CANTON TO THE WATCH.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:37 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
OHZ006-011-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 535 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 AT 535 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER NORTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE EAST AND IT SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY BY 545 EDT. IF THREAT ENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS.. BANYAS BANYAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Belmont | 69 min |
| Jun 8, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wyandot | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 57 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.