Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 10:41 PM EDT for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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 2, 1990, 10:41 PM EDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:55 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Fulton, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOL 030241
SVRTOL
OHC051-030345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
1041 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
...FULTON
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO FULTON COUNTY AT 1035 PM EDT.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED WINDS TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR
BRYAN OHIO AT 1030 PM ACCORDING TO A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER'S REPORT.
THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH FAYETTE BY 1100 PM.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR TpHE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
MURPHYWhat 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 2, 7:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
OHZALL-030000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 705 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WATCH AREA IN OHIO IS WEST OF A LINE FROM PORT CLINTON TO CINCINNATI. THE CITIES OF TOLEDO... FINDLAY... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 655 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN ONTARIO CANADA ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO LORAIN AND SOUTH TO ZANESVILLE. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM EAST OF CINCINNATI SOUTH TO JUST EAST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN OHIO AS OF 7 PM. STRONGER STORMS WERE FURTHER WEST OVER ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. THESE STORMS COULD MOVE INTO WESTERN OHIO LATER THIS EVENING... AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN WESTERN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER TONIGHT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WHEELER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
OHZALL-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 740 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WATCH AREA IN OHIO IS WEST OF A LINE FROM PORT CLINTON TO CINCINNATI. THE CITIES OF TOLEDO... FINDLAY... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 730 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN ONTARIO CANADA ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO CLEVELAND AND SOUTH TO 20 MILES EAST OF ZANESVILLE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTHERN OHIO FROM ABOUT WILMINGTON SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER IN OHIO AS OF 740 PM. STRONGER STORMS WERE LINED UP FURTHER WEST OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN INDIANA. SEVERAL TORNADOES WERE SPOTTED AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA IN WESTERN OHIO LATER THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN WESTERN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER TONIGHT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WHEELER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
OHZALL-030150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 847 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO... FINDLAY... LIMA... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. AT 830 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF SOUTH BEND... INDIANA TO INDIANAPOLIS THEN SOUTH TO EVANSVILLE... INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING TORNADOES THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE OHIO-INDIANA BORDER AROUND TEN THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN WESTERN OHIO SHOULD START PREPARING THEMSELVES FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO OHIO. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST OHIO... CENTRAL LAKE ERIE AND SOUTHERN OHIO. THESE WERE NOT SEVERE... BUT THE STORMS IN SOUTHERN OHIO WERE DROPPING HEAVY RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OF SOUTHERN OHIO BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
OHZALL-030250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 940 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO... FINDLAY... LIMA... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. AT 935 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE INDIANA-OHIO BORDER FROM NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE... INDIANA TO MUNCIE... INDIANA THEN SOUTH INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO PRODUCE TORNADOES ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITIES OF TOLEDO... LIMA AND DAYTON BETWEEN TEN AND ELEVEN THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN WESTERN OHIO SHOULD BE READY FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS WESTERN OHIO THIS EVENING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN OHIO. THESE WERE NOT SEVERE... BUT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OF SOUTHERN OHIO BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:43 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
OHZ001-030240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 945 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 935 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN EXTREME WEST OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY 955 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES THROUGHOUT INDIANA AND ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. IF A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. PM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 10:31 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
OHZALL-030350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1032 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A NEW TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE NEW WATCH ARE CLEVELAND... AKRON... COLUMBUS... MANSFIELD... ZANESVILLE AND ATHENS. AT 1025 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OHIO FROM WEST OF TOLEDO TO NEAR DAYTON THEN WEST OF CINCINNATI. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN INDIANA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO AS OF 1025 THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITIES OF TOLEDO... LIMA... FINDLAY... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI BY ELEVEN O`CLOCK THIS EVENING. PEOPLE ACROSS OHIO SHOULD BE READY FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADOEeS... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS OHIO. ECKERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 12:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 81 min |
| Jun 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 90 min |
| Jun 3, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 118 min |
| Jun 3, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 62 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.