Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1990, 7:24 PM EDT for Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 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
- Jul 9, 1990, 7:24 PM EDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1990, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Warren, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1078 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCVG 092324
SVRCVG
OHC165-100030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON KY
724 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF OHIO
WARREN
THE RADAR INDICATED A POSSBILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AT 720 PM
NEAR FRANKLIN OHIO IN NORTHWEST WARREN COUNTY. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST 35 MPH.
TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE MIAMI RIVER NORTH OF FRANKLIN
OHIO AT 715 PM BY A HAM RADIO WEATHER SPOTTER.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
JRWhat 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, Jul 9, 2:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 210 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 205 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWEST TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAYTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH THE COLUMBUS AREA BY 300 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
OHZ005-010-092015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 317 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WERE ACROSS DARKE...MIAMI...AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES IN WESTERN OHIO AT 315 PM EDT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN OHIO BETWEEN GREENVILLE IN DARKE COUNTY AND COLUMBUS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DRIFTING SOUTH AT AROUND 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN PREBLE...MONTGOMERY...CLARK...AND GREENE COUNTIES IN WESTERN OHIO CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO SPREAD INTO THEIR COUNTIES BETWEEN 320 AND 400 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR ALL OF THE MIAMI )VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO COUNTIES. < LINDSEY
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:12 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
OHZ008-092355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 714 PM EDT THU JUL 5 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. A BAND OF STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED BY THE RADAR AT 705 PM ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF BUTLER AND WARREN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO. THE STORMS IN THE AREA WERE MOVING TO THE EAST 35 MPH. THIS AREA OF STORMS WILL DRIFT TO THE SOUTH OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF BUTLER AND WARREN COUNTY BY 8 PM. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. SINCE THE AREA OF STORMS ARE FROM WEST TO EAST AND THE STORMS WITHIN THE AREA ARE MOVING TO THE EAST...THE REPEATED PASSAGE OF STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN FALL AMOUNTS IN SOME AREA. THIS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW ARES. . JR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Richland | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Shelby | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Crawford, Richland | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 68 min |
| Jul 9, 6:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Knox | 60 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.