Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1990, 6:29 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1990, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1990, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Medina 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCLE 092225
SVRCLE
OHC103-092315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
629 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
...MEDINA
AT 623 THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR LODI... IN MEDINA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER WESTFIELD CENTER... SEVILLE AND
WADSWORTH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEyMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
ECKERTWhat 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 9, 3:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
OHZ004-007-092100- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 923 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL NINE THIS EVENING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ZANESVILLE... MARIETTA... CAMBRIDGE... AND NEW PHILADELPHIA. AT 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST LIVERPOOL TO COSCHOCTON TO BELLEFONTAINE OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE STILL INCRESING IN AREAL COVERAGE AND STRENGTH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS... HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SOME FLOODING OF URBAN AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS MIGHT OCCUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEST AT 30 MPH. BETWEEN 200 AND 230 PM HIGH WINDS WERE REPORTED OVER WESTERN COSHOCTON COUNTY. SOME TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE WATCHING THE SKIES AND BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THR2OUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ALTO ...CORRECTED ISSUE TIME...
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
OHZ004-007-092100- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 323 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL NINE THIS EVENING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ZANESVILLE... MARIETTA... CAMBRIDGE... AND NEW PHILADELPHIA. AT 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST LIVERPOOL TO COSCHOCTON TO BELLEFONTAINE OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE STILL INCRESING IN AREAL COVERAGE AND STRENGTH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS... HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SOME FLOODING OF URBAN AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS MIGHT OCCUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEST AT 30 MPH. BETWEEN 200 AND 230 PM HIGH WINDS WERE REPORTED OVER WESTERN COSHOCTON COUNTY. SOME TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE WATCHING THE SKIES AND BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THR<OUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. ALTO ...CORRECTED ISSUE TIME...
Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
400 PM EDT MON JUL 09 1990
STORM REPORT FOR MONDAY JULY 9, 1990
TIME EDT EVENT
===========================================================================
1310 EDT POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES DOWN NEAR RT 208 AND PACHELL RUN
IN VENANGO CO. PA. BY SKYWARN.
1323 EDT NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AROUND FRANKLIN IN
VENANGO CO. PA. EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING ALSO. SOME
LANDSLIDES IN WESTERN PART OF FRANKLIN. BY SKYWARN.
1340 EDT MORE LARGE TREES DOWN NEAR FRANKLIN IN VENANGO CO.
1410 EDT POWER LINES DOWN NEAR OIL CITY IN FRANKLIN CO. SKYWARN.
1430 EDT POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN AROUND FRANKLIN AND OIL CITY IN
VENANGO CO. ALSO 2.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL AT FRANKLIN IN
VENANGO CO. A LARGE AMOUNT OF STREET FLOODING IN FRANKLIN
AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN CENTRAL VENANGO CO. PA.
# BY EOC.
REEDYSpecial weather statement, Jul 9, 4:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
OHZ006-011-092130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 400 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CRAWFORD..RICHLAND AND ASHLAND COUNTIES WAS CANCELLED AT 315 PM EDT. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KNOX AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9PM EDT. AT 355PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FRQUENT LIGHTNING OVER KNOX COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY. BE PREPARD TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
OHZ006-011-092230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 443 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR KNOX AND MORROW COUNTIES... A COOPERATIVE RAINFALL OBSERVER REPORTED NEARLY 21/2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 2PM EDT NEAR MT. VERNON IN KNOX COUNTY. THAT AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKLEY CAUSE SOME PONDING AND MAKE SMALL STREAMS RISE. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE CAUSING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THEY SHOULD MOVE SOUTHEAST OF KNOX COUNTY BY 430 PM EDT. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:45 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 545 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE MAHONING AND SHENANGO VALLEYS. AT 535 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO AND LAWRENCE COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE STONGEST STORM WAS NEAR THE TOWN OF NORTH LIMA IN MAHONING COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS SOUTHE4AST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PROUDUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. DOXEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 12:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 67 min |
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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.