Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 12:18 AM EDT for Erie 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 3, 1990, 12:18 AM EDT (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erie 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 3, 1:10 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Erie, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCLE 030415
SVRCLE
OHC043-030515-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1218 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
...ERIE AND THE ADJOINING WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
AT 1215 THIS MORNING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
NORTHWEST ERIE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS BLEW DOWN TREES AND POWER
LINES IN FREMONT JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR STRONG... DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO 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, Jun 2, 8:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
OHZALL-030150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 847 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO... FINDLAY... LIMA... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. AT 830 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF SOUTH BEND... INDIANA TO INDIANAPOLIS THEN SOUTH TO EVANSVILLE... INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING TORNADOES THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE OHIO-INDIANA BORDER AROUND TEN THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN WESTERN OHIO SHOULD START PREPARING THEMSELVES FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO OHIO. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST OHIO... CENTRAL LAKE ERIE AND SOUTHERN OHIO. THESE WERE NOT SEVERE... BUT THE STORMS IN SOUTHERN OHIO WERE DROPPING HEAVY RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OF SOUTHERN OHIO BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
OHZALL-030250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 940 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO... FINDLAY... LIMA... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. AT 935 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE INDIANA-OHIO BORDER FROM NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE... INDIANA TO MUNCIE... INDIANA THEN SOUTH INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO PRODUCE TORNADOES ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITIES OF TOLEDO... LIMA AND DAYTON BETWEEN TEN AND ELEVEN THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN WESTERN OHIO SHOULD BE READY FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS WESTERN OHIO THIS EVENING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN OHIO. THESE WERE NOT SEVERE... BUT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OF SOUTHERN OHIO BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
OHZ001-030240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 945 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 935 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN EXTREME WEST OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY 955 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES THROUGHOUT INDIANA AND ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. IF A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. PM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 10:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
OHZALL-030350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1032 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A NEW TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE NEW WATCH ARE CLEVELAND... AKRON... COLUMBUS... MANSFIELD... ZANESVILLE AND ATHENS. AT 1025 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OHIO FROM WEST OF TOLEDO TO NEAR DAYTON THEN WEST OF CINCINNATI. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN INDIANA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO AS OF 1025 THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITIES OF TOLEDO... LIMA... FINDLAY... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI BY ELEVEN O`CLOCK THIS EVENING. PEOPLE ACROSS OHIO SHOULD BE READY FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADOEeS... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS OHIO. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:20 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
OHZALL-030450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1122 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN OHIO HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. THEREFORE... TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EXTREME EASTERN OHIO UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCHES ARE TOLEDO... DAYTON... CINCINNATI... COLUMBUS...ATHENS... AKRON... MANSFIELD... CLEVELAND AND SANDUSKY. AT 1115 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR THE BASS ISLANDS TO FINDLAY... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DIME SIZE HAIL IN WILLIAMS COUNTY OF EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO AT 10:35 THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITIES OF CLEVELAND... MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND ONE O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. PEOPLE ACROSS OHIO SHOULD BE READY FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADO/ES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS OHIO. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:40 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
OHZALL-030450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1140 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EXTREME EASTERN OHIO UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCHES ARE TOLEDO... DAYTON... CINCINNATI... COLUMBUS...ATHENS... AKRON... MANSFIELD... CLEVELAND AND SANDUSKY. YOUNGSTOWN... MARIETTA AND CAMBRIDGE ARE NOT IN THE WATCHES. AT 1135 SATURDAY EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE BASS ISLANDS TO UPPER SANDUSKY... XENIA AND CINCINNATI. NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL AND WINDS GUSTED TO 60 MPH SOUTH OF FAYETTE... IN FULTON COUNTY AT 1055 SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS GUSTED TO 45 MPH ON KELLEYS ISLAND AT 1130 SATURDAY EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITIES OF CLEVELAND... MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND ONE O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. PEOPLE ACROSS OHIO SHOULD BE READY FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS _A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS OHIO. ECKERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 12:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 81 min |
| Jun 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 90 min |
| Jun 3, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 118 min |
| Jun 3, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 62 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.