Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1989, 3:57 PM EST for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 1989, 3:57 PM EST (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 1989, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What 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, Nov 15, 3:37 PM EST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 330 PM EDT WED NOV 15 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM... THE LOCAL COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE IN OHIO...ADAMS..GALLIA..JACKSON..LAWRENCE..MEIGS..PIKE AND SCIOTO IN KENTUCKY...LEWIS..GREENUP..CARTER..ELLIOT..LAWRENCE AND BOYD AT 330 PM EST...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON OHIO THROUGH CINCINATTI AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY CONTINUED TO PUSH TOWARD THE TRI STATE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP AN EYE ON THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. YOUNG...
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 3:43 PM EST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA 335 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM... THE LOCAL COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE IN OHIO...ADAMS..GALLIA..JACKSON..LAWRENCE..MEIGS..PIKE AND SCIOTO IN KENTUCKY...LEWIS..GREENUP..CARTER..ELLIOT..LAWRENCE AND BOYD AT 330 PM EST...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON OHIO THROUGH CINCINATTI AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY CONTINUED TO PUSH TOWARD THE TRI STATE AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR. KEEP AN EYE ON THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ...CORRECTED TO CHANGE HEADER TO EST... YOUNG...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Union | 60 min |
| Nov 15, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Delaware | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 5:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway | 4 hr |
| Nov 15, 5:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Delaware, Madison, Marion, Union | 4 hr |
| Nov 15, 5:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fayette | 4 hr |
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.