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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 29, 1990Harrison County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1990, 4:54 PM EDT for Harrison County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1990, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1990, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 237 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 292057
SVRCAK
OHC067-292200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
454 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
          ...HARRISON
 
WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CADIZ IN
HARRISON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PAcSSED.
 
N

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 29, 11:57 AM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
OHZ004-007-DDHHHH-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
1200 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 1990

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING EASTERN OHIO FROM
THE NORTHEAST CORNER TO ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO.

AT 1150AM EDT RADAR INDICATED AND AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 40 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM ERIE PA. TO
PARKERSBURG WV. AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN WAS INDICATED ALONG THE
RIVER FzROM NEAR WHEELING TO PARKERSBURG WV. THIS LINE WAS MOVING
EAST ABOUT 30 MPH AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE STATE WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR.
Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:22 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
420 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 1990

 STORM REPORT FOR FRIDAY JUNE 29, 1990...

TIME/EDT    EVENT
...............................................................................

1522 EDT    DIME SIZE HAIL AT CONNEAUTVILLE BOROUGH IN CRAWFORD CO PA.
            BY SKYWARN.

1550 EDT    PEA SIZE HAIL AT WOODCODK AND BLOOMING VALLEY IN CRAWFORD CO. PA.

1553 EDT    3/4 IN HAIL WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AT; SAGERTOWN IN
            CRAWFORD CO. PA.  BY SKYWARN

1600 EDT    LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT SAGERTOWN AND WOODCOCK
            IN CRAWFORD CO.  BY SKYWARN.

REEDY

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.