Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1990, 5:54 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 66 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 18, 1990, 5:54 AM EDT (09:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1990, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erie County, PA
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 18, 6:25 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Erie, PA | |
| Jun 18, 6:35 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Erie, PA |
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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 916 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KERI 180954
SVRERI
PAC049-181100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
554 AM EDT MON JUN 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF PENNSYLVANIA
ERIE
AT 645AM EDT THIS MON MORNING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING
THE CITY OF LAKE CITY IN WESTERN ERIE COUNTY.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDER'STORMS.
SMALL BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE AND PREQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE
HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.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 18, 12:38 AM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
OHZALL-180545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1237 AM EDT MON JUN 18 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 5 AM EDT. AT 1220 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL REACH THE SOUTHWEST OHIO BORDER AROUND 2AM. HEAVY RAINS... FREQUENT LI GHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. PEOPLE LIVING IN SOUTHWEST OHIO SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS... AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. SJN
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:51 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
OHZALL-180645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 150 AM EDT MON JUN 18 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 5 AM EDT. AT 140 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES WEST OF DAYTON TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI AND CONTINUING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR EVANSVILLE INDIANA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE CINCINNATI AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 3 AM. HEAVY RAINS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE LIVING IN SOUTHWEST OHIO SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.^.. AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. SJN
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
OHZALL-180750- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 250 AM EDT MON JUN 18 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 5 AM EDT. AT 245 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES WEST OF DAYTON TO CINCINNATI AND CONTINUING SOUTHWEST TO EANSVILLE INDIANA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WAS BEGINING TO WEAKEN. HOWEVER... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE LIVING IN SOUTHWEST OHIO SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS... AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. SJN
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:22 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 320 AM EDT MON JUN 18 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 485 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...MIAMI VALLEY... PREBLE ...SOUTHWEST... BUTLER HAMILTON SJN
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:19 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
OHZALL-191200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 520 AM EDT MON JUN 18 1990 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANfCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST OHIO TODAY. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN OHIO TONIGHT. SJN
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:30 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
PAZ001-002-181100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 530 AM EDT MON JUN 18 1990 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE PENNSYLVANIA WATERS OF LAKE ERIE... AT 530 AM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SITUATED FROM ASHTABULA COUNTY IN OHIO AND EXTENDING NORTH ACROSS LAKE ERIE INTO THE PORT BURWELL AND LONG POINT AREAS. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 45 TO 50 MILES AND HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE PENNSYLVANIA WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...BETWEEN 545 AND 600 AM THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. SANDSTROM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 82 min |
| Jun 18, 9:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | McKean | 67 min |
| Jun 18, 10:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Elk, McKean | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:14 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Potter | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 11:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Potter | 61 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.