Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 5:52 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1990, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashtabula 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 KCLE 302155
SVRCLE
OHC007-302245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
552 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
...ASHTABULA
AT 545 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
JUST NORTHWEST OF CONNEAUT OVER LAKE ERIE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ONSHORE IN THE VICINITY OF
CONNEAUT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LGWhat 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 30, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
OHZALL-302045- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 330 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PITTSBURGH TO FORT WAYNE. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE TOLEDO... FINDLAY... MANSFIELD... CLEVELAND... YOUNGSTOWN AND AKRON CANTON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN... WESTERN LAKE ERIE AND NORTHEAST OHIO DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. AT 320 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS OVER LAKE ERIE ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER PORTAGE AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. REMEMBER... A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WELATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SJN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 429 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM... ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING ACROSS NORTHWEST MAHONING COUNTY... AT 420 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING ACROSS NORTHWEST MAHONING COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUSTINTOWN. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL..AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHS...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. DP
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-302200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 440 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... ...UNTIL 10 PM EDT... ...MARINE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 540 PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE... AT 430 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ERIE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER ERIE COUNTY AND ADJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS AROUND 515 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. SMALL BOATS ON LASKE ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR. PARRISH/WELLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 69 min |
| Jun 30, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Tuscarawas | 68 min |
| Jun 30, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 80 min |
| Jun 30, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.