Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 10:03 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1990, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Portage County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAK 230202
SVRCAK
OHC133-230245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
1003 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
...PORTAGE
AT 10 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAVENNA
OHIO MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
NWhat 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, 5:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 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, 4 hours 32 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
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
OHZALL-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 550 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. THE PART OF THE STATE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE GENERALLY WEST OF A CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS TO PORTSMOUTH LINE. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS TORNADO WATCH ARE CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS... TOLEDO... DAYTON CINCINNATI... MANSFIELD AND FINDLAY. AT 530 PM EDT RADAR WAS SHOWING A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR THE ISLAND AND FREMONT TO EAST OF FINDLAY TO DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM TIFFIN THROUGH UPPER SANDUSKY TO BELLEFONTAINE AND SOUTH OF DAYTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING GENERALLY TO THE EAST OR NORTHEAST AT OVER 40 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR WYANDOT AND SENECA COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR A COUPLE OF OTHER COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. AS OF 545 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO. HOWEVER... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH HARDIN AND LOGAN COUNTIES OF OHIO CAUSED WINDS GUSTS OF 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RA;IN. PEOPLE IN OHIO... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO MOVES THROUGH YOUR AREA. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON, OH 750 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 OHZALL-220000- A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF OHIO. THE PART OF THE STATE INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE GENERALLY WEST OF A CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS TO PORTSMOUTH LINE. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS TORNADO WATCH ARE CLEVELAND... COLUMBUS... TOLEDO... DAYTON CINCINNATI... MANSFIELD AND FINDLAY. THE REST OF EASTERN OHIO IS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SOME CITIES ARE AKRON... CANTON... ZANESVILLE.. ATHENS... MARIETTA AND STUEDENVILLE. AT 745PM RADAR WAS SHOWING THE LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MEDINA TO ASHLAND TO MT. GILEAD. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST WEST OF MIT GILEAD. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO AS 0F 745 PM. PEOPLE IN OHIO... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO MOVES THROUGH YOUR AREA. ALTO
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
OHZ004-201400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 823 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WERE SWIFTLY APPROACHING THE TRUMBULL COUNTY BORDER AT 815 PM ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. DP
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
OHZ004-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 823 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WERE SWIFTLY APPROACHING THE TRUMBULL COUNTY BORDER AT 815 PM ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. DP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wayne | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 8:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Medina | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Belmont | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Noble | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.