Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 11:23 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1990, 11:23 PM EDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1990, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coshocton 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 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1023 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAK 010324
SVRCAK
OHC031-010430-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
1123 PM EDT P JUN 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
...COSHOCTON
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH
OF NEWCASTLE IN COSHOCTON COUNTY AT 1120PM EDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN ANu EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.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, 6:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 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, 4 hours 23 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, 4 hours 20 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
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
OHZ006-011-010030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 730 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 730 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF KNOX COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CENTERED OVER MT. VERNON AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EXIT KNOX COUNTY BY 830 PM EDT. TH|E KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING HAVE A HISTORY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
OHZ006-011-010300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 1005 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CRAWFORD..RICHLAND..ASHLAND..AND MORROW COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 10 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR KNOX COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 3 AM EDT. AT 10 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MORROW COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY BY 1010 PM EDT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN..POSSIBLE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREAPRED TO SEEK SHELTER. BANYAS
Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:26 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1025 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990
SUMMARY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE OVER NORTH-CENTRAL OHIO
FOR THE EVENING OF JUNE 30, 1990
420 PM EDT THREE-QUARTE$R INCH /0.75"/ HAIL AND POWER OUTAGES IN
OBERLIN... LORAIN COUNTY.
520 PM EDT BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN IN LODI... AND POWER OUTAGES IN
MEDINA AND WADSWORTH... MEDINA COUNTY.
ECKERTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 11:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Noble | 58 min |
| Jul 1, 11:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Belmont | 29 min |
Nearby
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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.