Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1990, 9:06 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 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 29, 1990, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1990, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 9:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Washington, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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
- 274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 300107
SVRCAK
OHC167-300200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
906 PM EDT WED AUG 29 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
...WASHINGTON
AT 9 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
NORTH OF MARIETTA OHIO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 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.
THOMPSONWhat 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
Local storm report, Aug 29, 3:57 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
355 PM EDT WED AUG 29 1990
ADDITIONAL....STORM REPORT FOR TUESDAY EVENING AUG 28 1990
TIME EDT EVENT
........ ...............................................................
750 PM EDT FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY SKYWARN OBSERVER NEAR WEST
SPRINGFIELD IN ERIE CO PA.
835 PM EDT POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES DOWN 3 MI S OF MEADVILLE IN
CRAWFORD CO PA.
835 PM EDT 3/4 INCH HAIL AND POWER LINES DOWN AT WATTSBURGH IN
ERIE CO PA. BY SKYWARN OBSERVER.
840 PM EDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT BRADFORD IN MCKEAN CO PA. BY FSS.
845 PM EDT WIND REPORTED IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AT ALBION IN ERIE CO PA.
BY SKYWARN OBSERVER.
849 PM EDT POWER LINES DOWN NEAR TIONESTA IN FOREST CO PA.
905 PM EDT POWER LINES DOWN AND DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR COUDERSPORT
IN POTTER CO PA.
910 PM EDT POWER LINES DOWN AND 3/4 INCH HAIL AT FRANaKLIN IN
VENANGO CO PA.
915 PM EDT POWER LINES DOWN AND 3/4 INCH HAIL AT WARREN IN WARREN
CO PA. BY SKYWARN OBSERVER.
RRSpecial weather statement, Aug 29, 5:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
OHZ004-007-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 520 PM EDT WED AUG 29 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 515 PM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF ZANESVILLE THROUGH CAMBRIDGE TO WOODSFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVIEST RAIN HAD OCCURRED OVER SECTIONS OF GUERNSEY AND BELMONT COUNTIES SINCE 4 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP MORE RAIN OVER SCATTERED AREAS OF THESE COUNTIES UNTIL AROUND 7 PM. THE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN GUERNSEY AND BELMONT COUNTIES..SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. THOMPSON
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.