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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 30, 1990Noble County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 11:47 PM EDT for Noble County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1990, 11:47 PM EDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1990, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Noble 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 00:00Z on 1990-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1515 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 00:00Z on 1990-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 010348
SVRCAK
OHC121-010445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
1147 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
          ...NOBLE
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH
OF OLIVE GREEN MOVING TOWARD THE 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
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, 5 hours 8 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 47 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 44 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, 4 hours 13 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 42 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, 1 hour 21 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.

ECKERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton67 min
Jul 1, 11:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEBelmont29 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.