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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 22, 1990Columbiana County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 1990, 7:42 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1990, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1990, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Columbiana 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 12:00Z on 1990-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 12:00Z on 1990-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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 KYNG 222346 COR
TORYNG
OHC029-230015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH...CORRECTED
742 PM EDT SUN JUL 22 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF OHIO
      COLUMBIANA

AT 730 PM THE COLUMBIANA DSA REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR
NEW WATERFORD OHIO. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

$$
SLA ...CORRECTED TIME...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 9:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock, Putnam, Seneca, Wood, Wyandot3 hr
Jul 22, 9:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas3 hr
Jul 22, 9:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESandusky3 hr
Jul 22, 6:24 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWashington51 min
Jul 22, 7:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit2 hr

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.