Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1990, 4:17 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 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
- Aug 19, 1990, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1990, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coshocton 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, 5:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Coshocton, 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, 8.3 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
- 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 192018
SVRCAK
OHC031-192115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
417 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
...COSHOCTON
AT 415 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
WESTERN COSHOCTON COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COSHOCTON. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.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, 2 hours 29 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, 1 hour 8 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, 49 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
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:49 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
OHZALL-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 350 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM. MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CINCINNATI... COLUMBUS... DAYTON... AND SPRINGFIELD. AT 340 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF CANTON... TO MARION... TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF DAYTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF THEY MAINTAIN THIS COURSE... BY 445 PM THE LINE SHOULD BE FROM A LITTLE WEST OF STEUBENVILLE... TO NEAR COLUMBUS... TO A LITTLE SOUTH OF DAYTON. THE GREATEST THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL IN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE FROM STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE. HOWEVER... THERE WERE WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS OVER OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE AT 330 PM. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO HEADING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH... AND A FEW OF THEM COULD PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. AS OF 340 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD ACTUALLY BEEN REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE. HOWEVER THE POTENTIAL FOR SUCH WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. IN ADDITION... THERE WERE REPORTS OF THUNDERSTORMS PUTTING DOWN AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING OHIO TODAY SHOULD BE READY FOR COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS... HAIL... AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. KWIATKOWSKI
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, 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, 4:58 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.