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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 3, 1990Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 5:00 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 3, 1990, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lucas 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 5:05 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Lucas, 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

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 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 KTOL 032102
SVRTOL
OHC095-032145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
500 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
          ...LUCAS
 
AT 453 PM A SKYWARN SEVERE STORM SPOTTER REPORTED LARGE TREE LIMBS
DOWN IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH NEAR HOLLAND OHIO. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH. IT WILL MOVE THROUGH METROPOLITAN TOLEDO BY 515 PM.
 
 
 
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.
 
MURPHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 10:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton64 min
Jun 2, 11:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam45 min
Jun 3, 12:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie57 min
Jun 3, 12:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky45 min
Jun 3, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie60 min
Jun 3, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron81 min
Jun 3, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain58 min
Jun 3, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina64 min
Jun 3, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake90 min
Jun 3, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga55 min
Jun 3, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula118 min
Jun 3, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.