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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 22, 1990Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1990, 9:27 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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 22, 1990, 9:27 PM EDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1990, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Stark 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 22, 9:40 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Stark, 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1990-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 210 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1990-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
210 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 230128
TORCAK
OHC151-230230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
927 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
          ...STARK
 
AT 925 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR ORRVILLE OHIO
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes44 min
Jun 22, 8:52 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne38 min
Jun 22, 8:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina64 min
Jun 22, 9:08 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEBelmont67 min
Jun 22, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLENoble42 min
Jun 22, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage42 min
Jun 22, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit61 min
Jun 22, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull55 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.