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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

April 25, 1989Delaware County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1989, 11:35 AM EDT for Delaware County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 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
Apr 25, 1989, 11:35 AM EDT (15:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1989, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Delaware 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 25, 11:48 AM EDTHail 1Delaware, 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 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 1989-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 339 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 1989-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 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
339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCMH 251535
SVRCMH
OHC041-251600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
1135 AM EDT TUE APR 25 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
          ...DELAWARE
 
AT 1133 AM EDT AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL IN DELAWARE COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST
OF THE CITY OF DELAWARE. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A STRONG STORM IN THIS
AREA.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE
COUNTY BY NOON EDT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM TH0E WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
FENBERS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 10:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLicking, Perry40 min
Apr 25, 12:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLicking38 min
Apr 25, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXLicking39 min
Apr 25, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMuskingum28 min
Apr 25, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXPerry40 min
Apr 25, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXAthens, Morgan42 min
Apr 25, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXFayette50 min
Apr 25, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoss68 min
Apr 25, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXRoss66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.