Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 7:33 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington 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 30, 7:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Washington, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 969 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAK 302333
SVRCAK
OHC167-010030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
733 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
...WASHINGTON
RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST EAT 40 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROyM WINDOWS.
ALTOWhat 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 32 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 55 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, 54 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, 33 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, 30 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.
| 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, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 53 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 |
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.