Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 12:45 AM EDT for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1990, 12:45 AM EDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sandusky 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOL 030453 COR
SVRTOL
OHC143-030530-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING... CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
1250 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
...SANDUSKY
AT 1240 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN
NORTHCENTRAL OHIO. THE STORM WAS NEAR MILLERSVILLE... ABOUT 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FREMONT. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
MURPHY
...CORRECTED FOR TYPOS...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, Jun 2, 8:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
OHZALL-030150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 847 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO... FINDLAY... LIMA... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. AT 830 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF SOUTH BEND... INDIANA TO INDIANAPOLIS THEN SOUTH TO EVANSVILLE... INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING TORNADOES THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE OHIO-INDIANA BORDER AROUND TEN THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN WESTERN OHIO SHOULD START PREPARING THEMSELVES FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO OHIO. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST OHIO... CENTRAL LAKE ERIE AND SOUTHERN OHIO. THESE WERE NOT SEVERE... BUT THE STORMS IN SOUTHERN OHIO WERE DROPPING HEAVY RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OF SOUTHERN OHIO BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
OHZALL-030250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 940 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE TOLEDO... FINDLAY... LIMA... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. AT 935 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THE INDIANA-OHIO BORDER FROM NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE... INDIANA TO MUNCIE... INDIANA THEN SOUTH INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO PRODUCE TORNADOES ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITIES OF TOLEDO... LIMA AND DAYTON BETWEEN TEN AND ELEVEN THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN WESTERN OHIO SHOULD BE READY FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS WESTERN OHIO THIS EVENING. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN OHIO. THESE WERE NOT SEVERE... BUT WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA OF SOUTHERN OHIO BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
OHZ001-030240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 945 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 935 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN EXTREME WEST OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO BY 955 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES THROUGHOUT INDIANA AND ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. IF A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. PM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 10:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
OHZALL-030350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1032 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A NEW TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE NEW WATCH ARE CLEVELAND... AKRON... COLUMBUS... MANSFIELD... ZANESVILLE AND ATHENS. AT 1025 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OHIO FROM WEST OF TOLEDO TO NEAR DAYTON THEN WEST OF CINCINNATI. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN INDIANA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO AS OF 1025 THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITIES OF TOLEDO... LIMA... FINDLAY... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI BY ELEVEN O`CLOCK THIS EVENING. PEOPLE ACROSS OHIO SHOULD BE READY FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADOEeS... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS OHIO. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
OHZALL-030450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1122 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN OHIO HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. THEREFORE... TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EXTREME EASTERN OHIO UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCHES ARE TOLEDO... DAYTON... CINCINNATI... COLUMBUS...ATHENS... AKRON... MANSFIELD... CLEVELAND AND SANDUSKY. AT 1115 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR THE BASS ISLANDS TO FINDLAY... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED DIME SIZE HAIL IN WILLIAMS COUNTY OF EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO AT 10:35 THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITIES OF CLEVELAND... MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND ONE O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. PEOPLE ACROSS OHIO SHOULD BE READY FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADO/ES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS OHIO. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OHZALL-030450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1140 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT EXTREME EASTERN OHIO UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCHES ARE TOLEDO... DAYTON... CINCINNATI... COLUMBUS...ATHENS... AKRON... MANSFIELD... CLEVELAND AND SANDUSKY. YOUNGSTOWN... MARIETTA AND CAMBRIDGE ARE NOT IN THE WATCHES. AT 1135 SATURDAY EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE BASS ISLANDS TO UPPER SANDUSKY... XENIA AND CINCINNATI. NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL AND WINDS GUSTED TO 60 MPH SOUTH OF FAYETTE... IN FULTON COUNTY AT 1055 SATURDAY EVENING. WINDS GUSTED TO 45 MPH ON KELLEYS ISLAND AT 1130 SATURDAY EVENING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE CITIES OF CLEVELAND... MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND ONE O'CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING. PEOPLE ACROSS OHIO SHOULD BE READY FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS _A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS OHIO. ECKERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 12:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 81 min |
| Jun 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 90 min |
| Jun 3, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 118 min |
| Jun 3, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 62 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.