Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1990, 4:28 PM EDT for Brown County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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 11, 1990, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1990, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 4:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Brown, 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, 8.5 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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, Jul 11, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-111840- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 140 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 AT 130 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN INDIANA AND OVER CENTRAL OHIO. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...NEAR COLUMBUS INDIANA...AND JUST SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER A WIDE AREA FROM ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY...NORTHEAST TO NEAR COLUMBUS OHIO. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. < GOLDEN
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-111945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 240 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 AT 230 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHCENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN A LINE FROM ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY...NORTHEAST TO NEAR BROOKVILLE INDIANA. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREAD FROM ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY...NORTHEAST TO NEAR COLUMBUS kOHIO AND IN THE LAKE CUMBERLAND AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. GOLDEN
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:45 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-112045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 344 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 330 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE INDIANA AND KENTUCKY BORDER...AND THEY EXTENDED INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY...NORTHEAST TO NEAR DAYTON OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ABOUT 60 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI AND IN THE LAKE CUMBERLAND AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. < STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. GOLDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clark, Miami | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 53 min |
Nearby
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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.