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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 3, 1990Brown County, Ohio; Bracken County, Mason County, Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 2:45 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Mason, KY
Jun 3, 2:50 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Bracken, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 565 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 9:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Mercer50 min
Jun 2, 11:14 PM EDTTornado WarningILNButler, Hamilton61 min
Jun 2, 11:52 PM EDTTornado WarningILNWarren53 min
Jun 3, 12:11 AM EDTTornado WarningILNClinton49 min
Jun 3, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer49 min
Jun 3, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke45 min
Jun 3, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize66 min
Jun 3, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby59 min
Jun 3, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble59 min
Jun 3, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery59 min
Jun 3, 12:15 AM EDTTornado WarningILNBoone45 min
Jun 3, 12:45 AM EDTTornado WarningILNCarroll, Owen45 min
Jun 3, 2:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPendleton57 min
Jun 2, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRipley57 min
Jun 2, 10:50 PM EDTTornado WarningILNDearborn, Ripley25 min
Jun 2, 11:20 PM EDTTornado WarningILNRipley40 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.