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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 19, 1990Washington County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1990, 6:08 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1990, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1990, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Washington 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

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1990-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1212 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 12:00Z on 1990-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 192210
SVRCAK
OHC167-192315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
608 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
          ...WASHINGTON
 
AT 6 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY NEAR BEVERLY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST 30 MPH.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IMMENENT
OR IN PROGRESS . THIS STORM WILL HAVE DAMAGING WIND..HAIL..HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
 
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHtES..GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IMMEDIATELY.

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, 3:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 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
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
OHZALL-192300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
500 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE
COLUMBUS... CINCINNATI AND DAY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM FOR HOLMES
... TUSCARAWAS AND COSHOCTON COUNTIES AND FOR DARKE COUNTY UNTIL 530
PM.

AT 440 PM CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... A
FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDING FROM AKRON AND CANTON TO NEAR
ZANESVILLE AND THEN WEST TO JUST NORTH OF COLUMBUS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN STARK COUNTY... NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY AND
WESTERN LICKING COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

CLOUDY SKIES COVERED THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE STATE TODAY AND
TEMPERATURES WERE ONLY IN THE 70S. PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WERE
FOUND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE AND TEMPERATURES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WERE IN THE LOWER 90S IN THE CINCINNATI AND COLUMBUS AREAS.

THE HUMIDITY WAS QUITE HIGH AND WAS GENERALLY MORE THAN 60 PERCENT
ACROSS THE STATE. HAZE WAS ALSO COMMON AND WAS RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES
SLIGHTLY.

A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM IOWA TO NORTHERN OHIO TO THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES AND WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH OHIO TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
THIS WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST OVER MUCH OF
OHIO THROUGH TUESDAY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 60S WITH HIGHS ON
MONDAY RANGING FROM THE 70S NORTH TO NEAR 90 SOUTH.

HILTBRAND
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
OHZALL-192300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY... CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
455 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE
COLUMBUS... CINCINNATI AND DAY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM FOR HOLMES
... TUSCARAWAS AND COSHOCTON COUNTIES AND FOR DARKE COUNTY UNTIL 530
PM.

AT 440 PM CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... A
FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDING FROM AKRON AND CANTON TO NEAR
ZANESVILLE AND THEN WEST TO JUST NORTH OF COLUMBUS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN STARK COUNTY... NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY AND
WESTERN LICKING COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

CLOUDY SKIES COVERED THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE STATE TODAY AND
TEMPERATURES WERE ONLY IN THE 70S. PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WERE
FOUND OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE AND TEMPERATURES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WERE IN THE LOWER 90S IN THE CINCINNATI AND COLUMBUS AREAS.

THE HUMIDITY WAS QUITE HIGH AND WAS GENERALLY MORE THAN 60 PERCENT
ACROSS THE STATE. HAZE WAS ALSO COMMON AND WAS RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES
SLIGHTLY.

A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM IOWA TO NORTHERN OHIO TO THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES AND WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH OHIO TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
THIS WILL KEEP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST OVER MUCH OF
OHIO THROUGH TUESDAY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 60S WITH HIGHS ON
MONDAY RANGING FROM THE 70S NORTH TO NEAR 90 SOUTH.

HILTBRAND

...CORRECTED TIME ISSUED...
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:19 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
518 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 660 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART
OF OHIO.  THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR  THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

...CENTRAL...
DELAWARE        KNOX            UNION

...EAST CENTRAL...
COSHOCTON       HOLMES

...WEST CENTRAL...
LOGAN

...CENTRAL HIGHLAND...
MARION          MORROW

SJN
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:27 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
OHZ004-200000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
526 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO
THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 520 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM ALLIANCE TO ZANESVILLE. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE LINE
WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME WESTERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY BY 5310 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE
STORMS. PERSONS IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS.

APFEL
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:51 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
OHZALL-192300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
550 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM.

MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CINCINNATI... COLUMBUS...
DAYTON... AND SPRINGFIELD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR
GUERNSEY COUNTY AND UNTIL 630 PM FOR MUSKINGUM COUNTY.

AT 535 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF CANTON... TO CALDWELL IN NOBLE
COUNTY TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE HEAVIEST STORMS INDICATED WERE IN THE VICINITY
OF COLUMBUS AND OVER NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY.

THE GREATEST THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL IN OHIO THIS
EVENING WILL BE FROM STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE AND PERSONS IN
THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF
THREATENINGU WEATHER APPROACHES OR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS
ISSUED.

HILTBRAND

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWashington60 min
Aug 19, 3:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina116 min
Aug 19, 3:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark, Summit3 hr
Aug 19, 6:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie56 min
Aug 19, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot34 min
Aug 19, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Wayne67 min
Aug 19, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Tuscarawas63 min
Aug 19, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton58 min
Aug 19, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGuernsey62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.