Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 5:47 PM EDT for Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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 22, 1990, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Seneca County, OH, Wyandot 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 22, 5:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wyandot, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOL 222148
SVRTOL
OHC147-175-222230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
547 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
...SENECA...WYANDOT
AT 545 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NORTHEAST OF CAREY IN WYANDOT COUNTY ALONG THE SENECA COUNTY LINE. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 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 WARNIN3G. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
CBWhat 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 22, 2:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
OHZ004-007-DDHHHH- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 300 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHEASTERN TWO THIRDS OF OHIO. ALL BUT THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SOME RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON. AT 245 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDING FROM ERIE PENN. TO PITTSBURG TO MORGANTOWN W.VA. THE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDS WEST TO5 A LINE FROM SANDUSKY TO MANSFIELD TO ZANESVILLE. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A STEADY LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL OHIO FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. K
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:52 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND THE AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 451 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE UNTIL 10 PM EDT. THE PART OF THE STATE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE GENERALLY WEST OF A CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS TO PORTSMOUTH LINE. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS... TOLEDO... DAYTON... CINCINNATI... MANSFIELD AND FINDLAY. AT 425 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. SCATTERED AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER INDIANA AND THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT OVER 40 MPH. RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST OF FINDLAY TO MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE STATE OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE COULD BE SEVERE AND HAVE HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ALL OF THE STATE SHOULD HAVE SOME RAIN OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN INDIANA MOVES ACROSS OHIO TONIGHT. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. OTHERWISE IT WAS CLOUDY OVER THE STATE TODAY AND THERE WERE AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WERE GENERALLY HALF AN INCH OR LESS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE 70S. SHOWERS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS OHIO SATURDAY AND HIGHS WILL ONLY RANGE FROM THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRY TO MOVE INTO THE STATE SUNDAY AND SKIES WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY WITH HIGHS FROM THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. ON THE AFTERNOON WEATHER MAP LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN WITH A WARM FRONT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN OHIO WITH A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN INDIANA TO TEXAS. BY SUNRISE THE LOW WILL BE OVER ONTARIO WITH THE FRONT ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO TEXAS. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:54 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
OHZALL-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND THE AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 452 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE UNTIL 10 PM EDT. THE PART OF THE STATE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE GENERALLY WEST OF A CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS TO PORTSMOUTH LINE. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS... TOLEDO... DAYTON... CINCINNATI... MANSFIELD AND FINDLAY. < AT 425 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE. SCATTERED AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER INDIANA AND THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT OVER 40 MPH. RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST OF FINDLAY TO MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE STATE OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE COULD BE SEVERE AND HAVE HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ALL OF THE STATE SHOULD HAVE SOME RAIN OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN INDIANA MOVES ACROSS OHIO TONIGHT. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. OTHERWISE IT WAS CLOUDY OVER THE STATE TODAY AND THERE WERE AREAS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WERE GENERALLY HALF AN INCH OR LESS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE 70S. SHOWERS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS OHIO SATURDAY AND HIGHS WILL ONLY RANGE FROM THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRY TO MOVE INTO THE STATE SUNDAY AND SKIES WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY WITH HIGHS FROM THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. ON THE AFTERNOON WEATHER MAP LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN WITH A WARM FRONT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN OHIO WITH A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN INDIANA TO TEXAS. BY SUNRISE THE LOW WILL BE OVER ONTARIO WITH THE FRONT ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO TEXAS. KIELTYKA CORRECTED TO CHANGE CODING.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 458 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. AT 455 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM FINDLAY IN HANCOCK COUNTY TO WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND INTO INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CB
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:05 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 503 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. AT 455 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM FINDLAY IN HANCOCK COUNTY TO WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND INTO INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IF THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPROACHING TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CB ...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING FIRST LINE...
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:31 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
OHZ011-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 530 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10PM. AT 525 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM TIFFIN TO DAYTON OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVED THROUGH THE MA NSFIELD AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM EDT. PETERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.