Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1991, 5:49 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1991, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1991, 6:23 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbiana County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 KYNG 112150 SVRYNG OHC029-112245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 549 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS EXTENDED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NOW EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY AT 545 PM WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY. THE STORM IS NOW IN THE VICINITY OF LISBON. OTHER STRONG STORMS ARE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO COLUMIANA COUNTY FROM CARROLL COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS ARE EAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jun 11, 2:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 227 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 1991 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 220 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTH OF THE YOUNGSTOWN AIRPORT TO AKRON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH . THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SM9ALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SLA ...CORRECTED SPELLING...
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
OHZALL-112000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 253 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT OHIO THIS AFTERNOON... AT 250 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADARS INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP AND DOWN ACROSS OHIO. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS WAS FROM THE MARION AREA TO MANSFIELD TO BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND YOUNGSTOWN. ANOTHER FAVORED AREA OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WAS FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF FINDLAY TO NEAR SANDUSKY. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL POSE A THREAT TO NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL AT LEAST 4 PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN OHIO WERE MORE SCATTERED. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OHIO THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. KAPELA
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
OHZALL-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 350 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 1991 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO. AT 345 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST EAST OF CLEVELAND AND DEFIANCE WHERE HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL WERE REPORTED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF AN INCH IN A HALF AN HOUR WERE COMMON WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 45 MPH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OHIO AND WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN WHERE WATER SITS ON THE HIGHWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SJN
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 413 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA INTO THE EVENING HOURS... WEATHER RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. SOME ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST RADAR REPORTS AND POSSIBLE STATEMENTS. SANDSTROM/PARRISH
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
OHZALL-112120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 445 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 1991 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED OVER NORTHERN OHIO. AT 440 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SENECA...SUMMIT...NORTHERN RICHLAND...ASTABULA AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE REMAINDER OF OHIO. ALL AREAS OF PRECIPITATION WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIfNDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN WHERE WATER SITS ON THE HIGHWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SJN
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:53 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
OHZALL-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 455 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 1991 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPEARED OVER OHIO TODAY... AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. WHILE THE MORNING WAS DRY AND PARTLY CLOUDY IN OHIO... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPED DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WINDS TO ABOUT 40 MPH... SMALL HAIL... AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AT THE CLEVELAND AIRPORT ALMOST A HALF INCH OF RAIN /0.40/ FELL IN JUST 20 MINUTES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING IN THE BUCKEYE STATE. GUSTY WINDS... HAIL... AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ALL REMAIN POSSIBLE SO OHIOANS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE. PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT IN OHIO. FOR WEDNESDAY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD REAPPEAR IN THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE WHILE THE NORTHWEST IS LIABLE TO BE DRY. CLOUDS WILL BE EXTENSIVE EVEN WHERE NO RAIN FALLS TOMORROW. FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY THE WHOLE STATE SHOULD HAVE DRY CONDITIONS AND DECREASING CLOUDINESS. TEMPERATURES REACHED THE 80S OVER MOST OF OHIO TODAY. READINGS RETREATED INTO THE UPPER 60S AT SOME SPOTS DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THUNDERSTORMS PASSED BY. THE NEXT FEW DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO BRING A COOLING TREND. LOWS OUGHT TO BE FROM THE LOWER 60S TO NEAR 70 TONIGHT AND FROM THE LOWER 50S TO THE LOWER 60S TOMORROW NIGHT. HIGHS ARE GOING TO BE FROM THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S TOMORROW AND MOSTLY IN THE 70S THURSDAY. THE AFTERNOON WEATHER MAP SHOWED A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL MICHIGAN AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT JUST NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR. THE FIRST COLD FRONT IS PREDICTED TO MOVE TO NORTHERN OHIO TONIGHT AND THEN DISSIPATE. THE SECOND COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE BUCKEYE STATE TOMORROW AND REACH KENTUCKY THURSDAY. KWIATKOWSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.