Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1989, 12:06 AM EDT for Mercer County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1989, 12:06 AM EDT (04:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1989, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mercer County, OH, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 KDAY 260407
TORDAY
OHC107-161-260445-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
1206 AM EDT FRI MAY 26 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
...MERCER...VAN WERT
AT 12 AM EDT THIS FRIDAY MORNING THE DISASTER SERVICES DIRECTOR IN
MERCER COUNTY REPORTED A POSSIBLE TOUCHDOWN 11/4 MILES SOUTH OF THE
VAN WERT MERCER COUNTY LINE ON STATE ROUTE 49. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD... CHEST AND EXPOSED SKIN.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND
PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM.
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 25, 6:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 655 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN OHIO WITH REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN DARKE COUNTY NEAR VERSAILLES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 1/4 INCH HAIL AS IT MOVED THROUGH ANSONIA IN DARKE COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THIS STROM WAS TO THE EAST T 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO SHELBY COUNTY BY 705 PM EDT. PERSONS LIVING IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ANY RAPID CHANGES IN THE WEATHER AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIIL MIDNIGHT. MS TORRENCE
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:42 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 735 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN OHIO HAVE STARTED TO DISSIPATE AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. NATIONAL
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 920 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO WESTERN OHIO FROM INDIANA WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN BEING REPORTED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 915 PM SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN COUNTIES OF OHIO AND STRETCHING BACK INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRINGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EASTERN INDIANA FROM MUNCIE TO RICHMOND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO DARKE AND MERCER COUNTIES IN WESTERN OHIO BY 945 PM EDT. PERSONS IN WESTERN OHIO SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THEIR LOCAL AREA AS THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF HEAVY RAIN.. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. MS
Special weather statement, May 25, 10:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 1020 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO. AT 1015 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM BELLEFONTAINE IN LOGAN COUNTY TO FORT WAYNE IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS IN WESTRERN COUNTIES OF THE STATE BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN WHERE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL PRODUCE RAPID RUNOFF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS INJ EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. MS
Special weather statement, May 25, 11:26 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 1120 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 1115 PM SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHEASTERN INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ALONG THE OHIO INDIANA BORDER IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL HAVE ACCOMPANIED THESE STORMS THROUGH INDIANA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE FROM INDIANA INTO OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. MS
Special weather statement, May 25, 11:29 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 1120 PM EDT THU MAY 25 1989 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INTENSIFYING OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 1115 PM SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHEASTERN INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ALONG THE OHIO INDIANA BORDER IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL HAVE ACCOMPANIED THESE STORMS THROUGH INDIANA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE FROM INDIANA INTO OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 5 AM EDT THIS FRIDAY MORNING SHARTRAN ...CORRECTED TO CHANGE TYPE OF WATCH...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 40 min |
| May 26, 3:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 26 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.