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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 15, 1989Pendleton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1989, 4:01 PM EST for Pendleton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 59 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
Nov 15, 1989, 4:01 PM EST (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 1989, 5:00 PM EST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Pendleton County, KY

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 4:09 PM ESTTornado F1Pendleton, KY

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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1989-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1989-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 1:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble40 min
Nov 15, 2:31 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNButler, Hamilton59 min
Nov 15, 4:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.