Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 9:40 PM EDT for Darke County, Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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 2, 1990, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Darke County, OH, Mercer 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 2, 10:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Mercer, 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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 1038 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDAY 030140
SVRDAY
OHC037-107-030230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
940 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF OHIO
DARKE...MERCER
AT 935 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OHIO LINE OF DARKE AND MERCER
COUNTIES. A THUNDERSTORM OF STRONG INTENSITY WAS NEAR UNION CITY
NEAR WEST CENTRAL DARKE...AND SECOND THUNDERSTORM OF STRONG
INTENSITY WAS SOUTHWEST OF CELINA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TORRENCEWhat 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, 5:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-022250 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 551 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY AREA SINCE 5 PM EDT CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY WHILE ACCELERATING INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA AT 545 PM EDT. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM NEAR LEXINGTON THROUGH FRANKFORT KENTUCKY TO NEAR VERSAILLES INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO TO 45 MILES AN HOUR...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED AS STORMS MOVE IN SWITZERLAND...OHIO...AND DEARBORN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...OWEN...GRANT...GALLATIN..AND BOONE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY AROUND 6 PM EDT. OTHER PARTS OF THE CINCINNATI AREA WILL EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 630 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND A PART OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY'S GREATER CINCINNATI COUDNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED USE YOUR SAFETY PLAN IF STORMS BECOME SEVERE. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-022300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 627 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM NEAR LEXINGTON KENTUCKY TO JUST EAST OF CINCINNATI AT 620 PM EDT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CINCINNATI AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MILES AN HOUR...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL QUICKLY MOVE THROUGH EASTERN HAMILTON...CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES OF OHIO AND BRACKEN AND MASON COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 630 PM EDT AND 7 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND A PART OF NO`RTHERN KENTUCKY'S GREATER CINCINNATI COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED USE YOUR SAFETY PLAN IF STORMS BECOME SEVERE. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-022345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 800 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN PART OF THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA THIS EVENING. AT 652 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS LINED UP ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO...FROM BATAVIA OHIO IN CLERMONT COUNTY TO MAYSVILLE AND BEREA KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CLINTON...WARREN...HIGHLAND AND ADAMS COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO BEFORE 730 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY CAUSE POWER INTERRUPTION...AND DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE SOME STANDING WATER AND POOR VISIBILITIES. 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. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
OHZ006-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 733 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 1990 THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE APPROACHING CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 720 PM EDT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR WILMINGTON SOUTHEAST TO PORTSMOUTH THEN SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH FAYETTE AND ROSS COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTER 8 PM EDT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LVW
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:48 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
OHZ005-010-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 847 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE MIAMI VALLEY...EXCEPT FOR GREENE...CLARK AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 845 PM EDT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF INDIANA. MOST OF THE AREA WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM FORT WAYNE TO MUNCIE TO BLOOMINGTON. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN OHIO BETWEEN 930 AND 10 PM EDT. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...HAIL AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS THIS AREA MOVED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. AND IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. TORRENCE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:51 PM EDT, 49 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 11:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 11:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Warren | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 12:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 2:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 59 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.