Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1990, 6:34 AM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1990, 6:34 AM EDT (10:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1990, 7:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 56 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 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
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCLE 191044 COR
SVRCLE
OHC043-191130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
642 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 730 AM FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
...ERIE
AT 625 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
THE VICINITY OF SANDUSKY. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST A AROUND 30 MPH.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
FJ
...CORRECTED TIME IN SECOND PARAGRAPH...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, Aug 19, 2:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
OHZ002-003-190900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 240 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990 AT 240 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN OHIO. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STORMS WERE LOCATED IN LORAIN COUNTY ALONG THE SHORELINE AND NEAR ELYRIA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER SOUTHERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF CLEVELAND AND IN NORTHERN MEDINA COUNTY. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE ERIE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROND 20 MPH. THE HEAVY RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND HIGH WATER ON SOME ROADS. THE RA;IN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN OHIO THROUGH 5AM. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
OHZ004-007-190900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 300 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990 THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING. AT 255 AM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRING OVER SUMMIT AND STARK COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS TLIKELY IN SUMMIT AND STARK COUNTIES THROUGH 5AM. FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS ALSO BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 6:11 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
OHZALL-201200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 610 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER OHIO TODAY AND TONIGHT. LG
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 6:21 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-191130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 619 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS OTTAWA AND SANDUSKY COUNTIES THIS MORNING. AT 615 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN PORT CLINTON AND FREMONT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AS THE STORMS MOVED ACROSS LUCAS COUNTY NEARLY AN INCH /0.90/ OF RAIN FELL AT POINT PL|ACE IN HALF AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...SENECA AND WYANDOT COUNTIES. CB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 3:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 116 min |
| Aug 19, 3:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Tuscarawas | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 67 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.