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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 16, 1990Brown County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1990, 3:40 PM EDT for Brown County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 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
May 16, 1990, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1990, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County 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
May 16, 3:50 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Brown, 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, 7.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 474 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 1990-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 358 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
474 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCVG 161937
SVRCVG
OHC015-162015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
340 PM EDT WED MAY 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
          ...BROWN
 
AT 333 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON CINCINNATI WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF
BROWN COUNTY...NEAR GEORGETOWN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 45
MPH. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE ITS EASETWARD MOVEMENT TAKING IT TO NEAR
RUSSELLVILLE BY 340 PM.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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 ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
JMM
N

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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.