Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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.
| 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, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.