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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 22, 1990Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 10:35 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1990, 10:35 PM EDT (02:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1990, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Trumbull 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 1990-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 210 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 1990-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KYNG 230236
SVRYNG
OHC155-230330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
1035 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
          ...TRUMBULL
 
RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
DAMAGING WINDS ENTERING WESTERN TRUMBUL COUNTY AT 1030 PM EDT.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

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 22, 5:31 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 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 MANSFIELD AREA BETWEEN 6 AND
7 PM EDT.

PETERS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:52 PM EDT, 4 hours 43 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 46 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, 2 hours 12 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, 2 hours 8 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
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 10:22 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
OHZ004-230400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
1020 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY AT 1015 PM.
RADAR INDICATES THESE STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE
DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS ACROSS NORTHWEST TRUMBULL COUNTY DURING
THE NEXT HOUR.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

NCM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes44 min
Jun 22, 8:52 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne38 min
Jun 22, 8:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina64 min
Jun 22, 9:08 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEBelmont67 min
Jun 22, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLENoble42 min
Jun 22, 9:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark63 min
Jun 22, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage42 min
Jun 22, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.