Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1989, 3:49 AM EDT for Butler County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 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
- May 26, 1989, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1989, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Butler, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 1569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCVG 260749
SVRCVG
OHC017-260815-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON KY
349 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF OHIO
BUTLER
AT 340 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES EAST OF BROOKVILLE INDIANA.
THIS STORM HAS CAUSED TREE BLOWN DOWN IN BROOKVILLE AS IT MOVED
THROUGH BROOKVILLE. REPORTED BY BROOKVILLE INDIANA POLICE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERYR HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
SAMWhat 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 26, 1:21 AM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 115 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 1989 THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA THIS MORNING AND WERE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS AND VIVID LIGHTNING. AT 110 AM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR CINCINNATI TO JUST SOUTH OF THE GREATER CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INTO OWENTON KENTUCKY. AN AMATEUR WEATHER RADIO SPOTTER IN JUST NORTH OF CINCINNATI IN... MT HEALTHY...REPORTED BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS TO ABOUT 40 MPH AT 110 AM EDT. THE STORM WERE MOVING EAST 35 TO 40 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA OF `SOUTHWEST OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 5 AM EDT. ALSO.. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA. SAM
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:27 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 115 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 1989 THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA THIS MORNING AND WERE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS AND VIVID LIGHTNING. AT 110 AM EDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR CINCINNATI TO JUST SOUTH OF THE GREATER CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INTO OWENTON KENTUCKY. AN AMATEUR WEATHER RADIO SPOTTER JUST NORTH OF CINCINNATI IN... MT HEALTHY...REPORTED BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS TO ABOUT 40 MPH AT 110 AM EDT. THE STORM WERE MOVING EAST 35 TO 40 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRIm STATE AREA OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 5 AM EDT. ALSO.. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA. SAM CORRECT SPELLG IN PAR 3..AND ROUTE TO IN KY AND OH
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 128 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 1989 HEAVY RAIN BEING REPORTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 120 AM SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ADA IN HARDIN COUNTY TO RICHMOND INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING BLINDING RAIN AS VISIBILITIES WERE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN CELINA IN MERCER COUNTY TONIGHT. ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES ARE BECOMING DANGEROUS IN MANY AREAS ALREADY SATURATED WITH RAINFALL OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE MIAMI VALLEY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 5AM EDT THIS FRIDAY MORNING. SHARTRAN
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 220 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 1989 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST OHIO THIS MORNING MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER AND POSSIBLE MINOR STREET FLOODING. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM SPRINGFIELD TO NEAR DAYTON OHIO TO BLOOMINGTON INDIANA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO DUE TO BLINDING RAINFALL AND AND LIGHTNING STRIKES COULD CAUSE POWER INTERRUPTIONS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY OF INDIANA AND BUTLER COUNTY OHIO BETWEEN 230 AM EDT AND 330 AM EDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE REMAINDING AREA OF THE TRI-STATE BETWEEN 330 AM EDT AND 5 AM EDT. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRI STATE OF SOUTHWEST OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 5 AM EDT. ALSO...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHWEST OHIO. SAM
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 246 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 5 AM. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING THE COLUMBUS AREA THIS MORNING. AT 245 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PORT COLUMBUS WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL OHIO WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MANSFIELD TO SOUTH OF DAYTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THEY MOVED EAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THE COLUMBUS AREA UNTIL ABOUT 430 AM AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. FENBERS
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:59 AM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 255 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 1989 BLINDING RAINFALL...GUSTY WIND...SMALL SIZE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED IN RIPLEY AND DEARBORN COUNTIES OF INDIANA...BUTLER, WARREN AND CLINTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO BETWEEN 3 AM EDT AND 5 AM EDT. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR COLUMBUS OHIO TO SOUTH OF DAYTON TO NEAR SEYMOUR INDIANA AT 250 AM EDT. THE DOWNPOURS OF RAIN WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE MINOR STREET FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREA...AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO. ALSO...THESE STORMS WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES...AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE TRI STATE AREA THIS MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT FOR PARTS OF THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT DURING THE OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. SAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mercer, Van Wert | 39 min |
| May 26, 1:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.