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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1990, 9:12 PM EST for Franklin County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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, 9:12 PM EST (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1990, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, IN
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:22 PM EST | Hail 1 | Franklin, IN |
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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCLE 290212
SVRCVG
INC047-290300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON KY
1012 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
FRANKLIN
AT 1010 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE
ACROSS NORTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DE*ADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
WHITAKERWhat 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, Aug 28, 7:30 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-280230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 830 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 825 PM THE COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH WESTERN MARION AND UNION COUNTIES AROUND 9 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. LVW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 10:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 43 min |
| Aug 28, 10:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ripley | 59 min |
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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.