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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 30, 1990Tuscarawas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 6:52 PM EDT for Tuscarawas County, Ohio. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1990, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Tuscarawas 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1990-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 302253
SVRCAK
OHC157-010000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
652 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
          ...TUSCARAWAS
 
ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE TUSCARAWAS COUNTY SHERIFF AT 645 PM
IN STRAUSBURG IN NORTHERN TUCSCARAWAS COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OFJ YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
ALTO

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 30, 4:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 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, 2 hours 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
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:01 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
OHZ004-007-302300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
600 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SUMMIT AND STARK
COUNTIES UNTIL 615PM EDT.
AT 550 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SUMMIT AND STARK
COUNTIES AND HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN THEM. 1/2 INCH HAIL WAS
ALSO REPORTED AROUND DALTON...NORTH L	AWRENCE AND NEWMAN IN STARK COUNTY.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY PRODUCED 1/2 INCH
HAIL AT BEVERLY.

DEGAN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:32 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PAZ001-002-302330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
630 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
...UNTIL 10 PM EDT...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 630 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE OHIO...
PENNSYLVANIA BORDER WEST OF ALBION. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE EFFECTING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ERIE COUNTY BEFORE
MOVING INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY AROUND 700 PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE ALLEGHENY RIVER NORTH OF TIONESTA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.

PARRISH/WELLS
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:38 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
OHZ006-011-302330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
638 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL...

AT  635 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SMALL AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MORROW COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS..
POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY S4URFACE WINDS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY BY 645PM EDT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER.

BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:39 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
OHZ006-011-302330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
638 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

AT  635 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SMALL AREA
OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST MORROW COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS..
POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND STRONG GU5STY SURFACE WINDS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY BY 645PM EDT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER.

BANYAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain61 min
Jun 30, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina69 min
Jun 30, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit63 min
Jun 30, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula53 min
Jun 30, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull80 min
Jun 30, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWashington57 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.