Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1991, 12:53 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports 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
- May 1, 1991, 12:53 PM EDT (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1991, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Geauga County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Geauga, OH | |
| May 1, 1:44 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Ashtabula, 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 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 011652 SVRCLE OHC007-055-011800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1253 PM EDT WED MAY 1 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...ASHTABULA COUNTY...GEAUGA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 1250 PM GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 15 MILES EAST OF CLEVELAND NEAR THE CITY OF RUSSEL IN GEAUGA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS ASHTABULA COUNTY BY 200 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG... DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
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, May 1, 12:19 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
OHZ002-003-004-11-011720- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1220 PM EDT WED MAY 1 1991 A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1210 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM ELYRIA TO MANSFILED MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WAS ALONG CLEVELAND'S LAKESHORE. AT NOON SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LAKEWOOD. PEOPLE AND BOATERS ACROSS CUYAHOGA... ASHLAND... GEAUGA... LORAIN... MEDINA AND LAKE COUNTIES AND EXPECT THESE STORMS BY 100 PM EDT. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, May 1, 12:22 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
OHZ002-003-004-011-011720- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1220 PM EDT WED MAY 1 1991 A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1210 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM ELYRIA TO MANSFILED MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF STORMS WAS ALONG CLEVELAND'S LAKESHORE. AT NOON SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LAKEWOOD. PEOPLE AND BOATERS ACROSS CUYAHOGA... ASHLAND... GEAUGA... LORAIN... MEDINA AND LAKE COUNTIES AND EXPECT THESE STORMS BY 100 PM EDT. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... HEAVY DOWNPOURS... GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.. JOHNSON CORRECTED COUNTY CODE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Tuscarawas | 56 min |
| May 1, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana, Mahoning | 60 min |
| May 1, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.