Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 2:03 AM EDT for Brown County, Ohio; Bracken County, Mason County, Kentucky. It was in force for 57 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 3, 1990, 2:03 AM EDT (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bracken County, KY, Mason County, KY, Brown 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:45 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Mason, KY | |
| Jun 3, 2:50 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bracken, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 565 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
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, Jun 2, 8:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-030215 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 850 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING HEADED TOWARD SOUTHEAST INDIANA. AT 840 PM EDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE MOSTLY WEST AND NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BREAKING OUT SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA. THE NORTH TO SOUTH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE TRACK OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AREA WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA COUNTIES AROUND 10 PM EDT...AND MOVE FARTHER INTO THE GREATER CINCINNATI AROUND 1030 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND A PART OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY'S AND BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED USE YOUR SAFETY PLAN IF STORMS BECOME SEVERE TONIGHT. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-030215 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 954 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES WERE RACING TOWARDS SOUTHEAST INDIANA. AT 930 PM EDT NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES AND VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE COMING OUT OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS LINE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXTENDED FROM FORT WAYNE SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF EVANSVILLE IN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN JACKSON COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS PRESENT RATE THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA BY 1030 PM. THE TRACK OF THE THUNDERSTORM AREA WILL MOVE FARTHER INTO THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA BY 1130 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND A PART OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KEENEY
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-030345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 11 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF OHIO AROUND 1130 PM EDT. A TORNADO WARNING IS EFFECT FOR RIPLEY AND DEARBORN COUNTIES OF INDIANA UNTIL 1115 PM EDT. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST...THEY WILL SPREAD INTO THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA BETWEEN 1115 PM EDT AND 1130 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOSELY MONTIORED AS FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE PERPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-030415 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1128 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP AND RACE ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE CINCINNATI AREA AT 1122 PM EDT. A TORNADO WARNING IS EFFECT WAS REISSUED FOR RIPLEY AND DEARBORN COUNTIES OF INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...AND A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON AND BUTLER COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1215 AM EDT SUNDAY. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST...THEY WILL SPREAD THROUGH GREATER CINCINNATI AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES UNTIL ABOUT 1230 AM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOSELY MONTIORED AS FURTHER STATEMENTS AND OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED. SOME OF THE OTHER POSSIBLE EFFECTED COUNTIES COULD BE SWITZERLAND AND OHIO COUNTIES OF INDIANA...BOONE AND KENTON COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY AND WARREN AND CLINTON COUNTIES OF OHIO. REMEMBER...TORNAHDOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Mercer | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 11:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 11:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Warren | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 12:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 12:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 12:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Carroll, Owen | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 2:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 10:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ripley | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 11:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ripley | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1990Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.