Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1990, 3:38 PM EDT for Stark County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 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
- Aug 19, 1990, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1990, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Stark County, OH, Wayne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 4:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wayne, OH | |
| Aug 19, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Stark, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 687 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAK 191939
SVRCAK
OHC151-169-192045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
338 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
...STARK...WAYNE
WEATHER RADAR AT 335PM INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2
MILES SOUTH WEST OF ORVILLE IN WAYNE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING 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, Aug 19, 1:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 148 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 145 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER SOUTHEAST WOOD AND EAST-CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL ENTER SENECA AND WYANDOT COUNTIES AROUND 200 PM. IF YOU SEE SEVERE WEATHER... PLEASE CALL YOUR COUNTY SHERRIFF'S OFFICE AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:09 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
OHZALL-192000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 310 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO EXPIRED AT 3 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO BREAK OUT MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM UPPER SANDUSKY TO MANSFIELD TO JUST WEST OF WOOSTER AT 3 PM. HEAVY RAINS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THE STORMS IN THAT AREA. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING AND PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA WHICH INCLUDES THE MAJOR CITIES OF MANSFIELD... DAYTON... COLUMBUS AND CINCINNATI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS... SEEK SHELTER AND REPORT THE ACTIVITYO TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IF POSSIBLE. DEB
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:28 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
OHZALL-192000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 330 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO EXPIRED AT 3 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO BREAK OUT MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY EXTENDED FROM UPPER SANDUSKY TO MANSFIELD TO JUST WEST OF WOOSTER AT 3 PM. HEAVY RAINS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THE STORMS IN THAT AREA. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING AND PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA WHICH INCLUDES THE MAJOR CITIES OF DAYTON... COLUMBUS AND CINCINNATI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS... SEEK SHELTER AND REPORT THE ACTIVITY TOr THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IF POSSIBLE. KWIATKOWSKI CORRECTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR CITY OF MANSFIELD IS NOT IN WATCH AREA
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, 6:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 34 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
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.