A strobe is visible in cloud remember visibility in in cloud varies from around 50 meters to 200 meters and sight of a strobe in such a situation would mean the pilot pulling instantly away.
What does an A190 bimble along at ?
If we call it 100knots, thats 50 metres per second .... not much time for an already disorientated and stressed out pilot to figure out what's going on and pull away in a safe manner.