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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 28, 1990Darke County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1990, 8:15 PM EDT for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 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
Aug 28, 1990, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1990, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Darke 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
Aug 28, 8:23 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Darke, 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 00:00Z on 1990-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1965 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 00:00Z on 1990-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1965 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDAY 290015
SVRDAY
OHC037-290115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
815 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF OHIO
      DARKE

AT 812 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING THE NORTHWEST PART OF DARKE COUNTY
OHIO.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND HAS
A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS.

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.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY AND ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY
YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.

 LINDSEY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan65 min
Aug 28, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami69 min
Aug 28, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery, Preble62 min
Aug 28, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene67 min
Aug 28, 9:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke57 min
Aug 28, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler42 min
Aug 28, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton52 min
Aug 28, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton62 min
Aug 28, 11:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont64 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.