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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 30, 1990Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 7:30 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 80 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1990, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1990, 8:50 PM EDT
In force
80 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 7:30 PM EDTHail 0.75Trumbull, OH

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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 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 KYNG 302330
SVRYNG
OHC155-PAC085-010030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
730 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
          ...TRUMBULL
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
          ...MERCER
 
AT 725 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURING IN SOUTHEAST TRUMBULL
COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO MERCER
COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODIqNG.
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 30, 6:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 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, 58 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, 52 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, 51 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
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:00 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-010000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
755 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 750 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...THIS LINE WAS 20 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM THE
LINESVILLE AREA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY EASTWARD TO TIONESTA ALONG THE ALLEGENY
RIVER THEN CONTINUED EASTWARD TO RIDGWAY IN ELK COUNTY.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL LAKE ERIE NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
LAKESHORE.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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

SMALL BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

PARRISH/WELLS
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:03 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-010000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
655 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 650 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...THIS LINE WAS 20 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM THE
LINESVILLE AREA IN CRAWFORD COUNTY EASTWARD TO TIONESTA ALONG THE ALLEGENY
RIVER THEN CONTINUED EASTWARD TO RIDGWAY IN ELK COUNTY.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL LAKE ERIE NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
LAKESHORE.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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

SMALL BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

PARRISH/WELLS

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, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETuscarawas68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.