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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 2, 1990Dearborn County, Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 10:50 PM EDT for Dearborn County, Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports 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, 10:50 PM EDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dearborn County, IN, Ripley 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 10:57 PM EDTTornado F2Dearborn, IN
Jun 2, 11:00 PM EDTTornado F4Dearborn, 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1038 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCVG 030250
TORCVG
INC029-137-030315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON KY
1050 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
      DEARBORN...RIPLEY

AT 1045 PM EDT RIPLEY COUNTY POLICE REPORTED TREES AND BUILDINGS
DAMAGED 5 MILES WEST OF OSGOOD.

A TORNADO WAS ALSO REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES.
MOVEMENT OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS EASTNORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

 JN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 6:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 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, 3 hours 47 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, 3 hours 16 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, 2 hours 2 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, 1 hour 59 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
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:53 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-030215

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
954 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990

A SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES WERE RACING TOWARDS
SOUTHEAST INDIANA.

AT 930 PM EDT NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES AND VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE COMING OUT OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS LINE OF SEVERE
WEATHER EXTENDED FROM FORT WAYNE SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF EVANSVILLE
IN INDIANA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN JACKSON
COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS PRESENT RATE
THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA BY 1030 PM.

THE TRACK OF THE THUNDERSTORM AREA WILL MOVE FARTHER INTO THE GREATER
CINCINNATI AREA BY 1130 PM EDT.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND A PART OF
NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED
TO TAKE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

KEENEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRipley57 min
Jun 2, 11:20 PM EDTTornado WarningILNRipley40 min
Jun 3, 12:15 AM EDTTornado WarningILNOhio45 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes 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.