Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1990, 1:14 PM EDT for Guernsey County, Noble County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 5, 1990, 1:14 PM EDT (17:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1990, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Guernsey County, OH, Noble 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Guernsey, OH | |
| Jul 5, 2:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Noble, 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 2521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAK 051714
SVRCAK
OHC059-121-051815-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
114 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
...GUERNSEY
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
...NOBLE
AT 110PM EDT WEATHER RADAR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTH OF
CAMBRIDGE OHIO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 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, Jul 5, 11:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
OHZALL-051700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1155 AM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES MOST OF THE STATE FROM STUEBENVILLE SOUTH AND FROM NEWARK EAST. MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CAMBRIDGE... IRONTON... LANCASTER... MARIETTA... NEWARK... STUEBENVILLE... AND ZANESVILLE. AT 1145 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT PORTSMOUTH TO PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS OVER THE REST OF SOUTHERN OHIO. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN OHIO TODAY IN RESPONSE TO A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE AREA. < NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE AS OF 1150 AM. HOWEVER SOM=E THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF OHIO TODAY MAY PRODUCE DAMANGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:48 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
OHZALL-051800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1245 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. THERE'S
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:49 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
OHZALL-051800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1250 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO UNTIL 6 PM. AT 1240 PM WEATHER WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE THAT WENT FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ZANESVILLE... TO NEAR NEWARK... TO JUST NORTH OF CHILLICOTHE. ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS THAT WAS JUST NORTH OF PORTSMOUTH WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY BETWEEN 1130 AM AND 1230 PM. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION THAT WAS AFFECTING SOUTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IF PRESENT TENDENCIES CONTINUE MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE STATE WILL BE VISITED BY THUNDERSTORMS BY 6 THIS EVENING... WHILE PRECIPITATION OVER THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES SHOULD BE MORE SCATTERED. < THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL AFFECT SOUTH OHIO TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PEOPLE THERE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SUCH CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO GO TO SHELTER IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:51 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
M:SPSCAK < THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL AFFECT SOUTH OHIO TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRINGING DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PEOPLE THERE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SUCH CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO GO TO SHELTER IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:56 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
OHZ004-007-051800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 1245 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA. THERE'S ALSO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES OHIO FROM STUEBENVILLE SOUTH AND FROM NEWARK EAST. MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CAMBRIDGE...IRONTON...LANCASTER...MARIETTA... NEWARK... STUEBENVILLE... AND ZANESVILLE IN OHIO...AND WHEELING AND PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM. WEATHER RADAR AT 1240 PM SHOWED LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL OHIO... FROM ZANESVILLE SOUTHWEST TO CIRCLEVILLE...SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH... AND SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH GUERNSEY... MORGAN...AND PERHAPS NOBLE COUNTIES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PM. IF HEAVY RAIN... HIGH WIND OR HAIL OCCURS... ASK ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. RN CORRECTED HEADING AND ROUTING...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Monroe | 58 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.