Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 7:29 PM EDT for Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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
- Jun 30, 1990, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Van Wert 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 30, 8:25 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Van Wert, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1097 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDAY 302329
SVRDAY
OHC161-010030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
729 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF OHIO
VAN WERT
AT 725 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE NORTHWEST PART OF VAN WERT
COUNTY OHIO. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF THREE QUARTER INCH
DIAMETER HAIL WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORT WAYNE. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LINDSEY
nWhat 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 30, 3:47 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
INZ013-KYZ005-OHZ008-302045 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 349 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND BOONE...CARROL...GALLATIN AND OWEN COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK EDT TONIGHT... CINCINNATI WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA ALONG THE OHIO RIVER AT 330. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND WESTERN TRIMBLE COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERS[TORMS WERE ALSO MOVING 40 MPH. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KEENEY
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
INZ013-KYZ005-OHZ008-301045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 450 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE INDICATED BY THE RADAR AT 440 PM FROM RUSHVILLE INDIANA ..TO BROOKVILLE INDIANA TO THE NORTHERN PART OF DEARBORN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST OHIO COUNTIES OF BUTLER AND HAMILTON BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. END JR
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
INZ013-KYZ005-OHZ008-302245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 533 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING AT 520. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPIBLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY PASS TO THE EAST. REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM NORTH OF OXFORD OHIO. BE ALERT FOR PONDING OR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...DO NOT TRY TO CROSS ALREADY FLOODED AREAS. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WARREN COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST OHIO WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. KEENEY
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OHZ006-302315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 620 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL WERE MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 620 PM RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM DAYTON TO WILMINGTON TO HILLSBORO IN SOUTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. IN BUTLER COUNTY THEY PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. THEN THEY PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AS THEY MOVED THROUGH WARREN AND GREENE COUNTIES. PEOPLE IN THE COUNTIES OF FAYETTE AND ROSS COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR RA DIO AND T.V. BROADCASTS CLOSELY THIS EVENING AS THE STORMS MOVE TOWARD YOUR AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RTH
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:47 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
OHZ008-012330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 645 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO AT 640 PM. THE STORMS WERE INDICATED BY THE RADAR AT 640 PM IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CLINTON AND NORTHERN BROWN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 30 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL BETWEEN 530 >AND 630 PM ACROSS PARTS OF BUTLER..WARREN AND CLINTON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO. THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF CLINTON AND ACROSS HIGHLAND COUNTY BY 730 PM. END JR
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:17 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
OHZ006-010015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 715 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. AT 710 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL OHIO. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE IN WESTERN ROSS COUNTY FROM FRANKFORT SOUTH TO BAINBRIDGE. RADAR INDICATED THAT THESE STORMS CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURING WITH THE STORMS NOW... THEY HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL EARLIER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH CHILLICOTHE BY 800 PM. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT \FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO AND LOCAL BROADCASTS FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 40 min |
| Jun 30, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 68 min |
| Jun 30, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 58 min |
| Jun 30, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 67 min |
| Jun 30, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe 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.