Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1989, 7:49 PM EDT for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1989, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1989, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Darke 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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 KDAY 032353 COR
TORDAY
OHC037-040015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CORRECTED TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
749 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF OHIO
DARKE
AT 740 PM EDT THE DARKE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE OHIO. THE
TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CgLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
...CORRECTED FOR COUNTY NAME...
LINDSEYWhat 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, Jun 3, 4:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 413 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 405 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST OHIO. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED NEAR SPRINGDALE IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO BUTLER COUNTY BY 415 PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD QUICKLY FLOOD STREETS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. ALSO LIGHTNING IS NOT AS VISIBLE DURING DAYLIGHT BUT IS STILL DEADLY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA... AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. HOWEVER CONDINTIONS ARE STILL FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. JN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 518 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST THREE-QUARTERS OF OHIO UNTIL 11PM EDT. AT 515PM THE COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECIEVED AT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER OFFICE. REPORTS OF BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN COMMON AS THESE STORMS PASSED THROUGH MANY AREAS OF CENTRAL OHIO. THE WINDS AT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER OFFICE GUSTED TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AS A THUNDERSTORM PASSED OVERHEAD. SEVERE WEATHER IS bSTILL POSSIBLE AND PERSONS IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENS OR WARNINGS. LVW
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 518 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST THREE-QUARTERS OF OHIO UNTIL 11PM EDT. AT 515PM THE COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECIEVED AT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER OFFICE. REPORTS OF BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN COMMON AS THESE STORMS PASSED THROUGH MANY AREAS OF CENTRAL OHIO. THE WINDS AT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER OFFICE GUSTED TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AS A THUNDERSTORM PASSED OVERHEAD. SEVERE WEATHER IS cSTILL POSSIBLE AND PERSONS IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. LVW
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:12 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 710 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 700 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE TO BATESVILLE INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO FRANKLIN AND RIPLEY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN... WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF YOU LIVE IN RIPLEY COUNTY BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. JN JN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:24 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 722 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS APPROACHING THE OHIO-INDIANA STATE LINE IN WESTERN DARKE COUNTY IN WESTERN OHIO AT 715 PM EDT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF MUNCIE INDIANA NEAR THE OHIO STATE LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS DARKE COUNTY OHIO 730 AND 800 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN DARKE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT" FOR ALL COUNTIES IN THE MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO. LINDSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:45 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 745 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 730 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM BROOKVILLE SOUTHWEST TO FRENCH LICK INDIANA. A SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LIMA OHIO TO HAGERSTOWN TO COLUMBUS INDIANA. ALL MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU LIVE IN SWITZERLAND COUNTY INDIANA...GALLATIN...CARROLL OR OWEN COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY PLEASE TAKE SHELTER IF CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF ONE OF THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINVS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. MEDLIN JN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow, Richland | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 43 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.