Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1990, 5:52 PM EDT for Butler County, Hamilton County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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 22, 1990, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butler County, OH, Hamilton 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 22, 6:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Butler, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCVG 222152
TORCVG
OHC017-061-222230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON KY
552 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF OHIO
SOUTHERN BUTLER...NORTHERN HAMILTON
AT (550 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER NORTHWEST
HAMILTON COUNTY SOUTH OF HARRISON.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 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 I<S 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.
JNWhat 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 22, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
OHZ005-010-222100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 355 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL OHIO AT 350 PM EDT. AT 350 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN INDIANA FROM DECATUR TO NEAR MUNCIE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS MOVING INTO VAN WERT COUNTY OHIO AT 350 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE STORM MOVING INTO VAN WERT COUNTY OHIO WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY BETWEEN 400 AND 430 PM EDT. THIS STORM MAY MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN IN VAN WERT COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HARLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
OHZ005-010-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 435 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 435 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LIMA OHIO TO COLUMBUS INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS WESTERN OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS HARDIN...AUGLAIZE...SHELBY...DARKE...AND PREBLE COUNTIES OF WESTERN OHIO BETWEEN 445 AND 530 PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY OHIO...AND THE DAYTON AREA BETWEEN 530 PM AND 600 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN WESTERN OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDTIONS...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. . A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. HARLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:38 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
KYZ005-INZ013-OHZ008-221350 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 535 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING INTO THE CINCINNATI TRI STATE AT 530 PM EDT. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY THE RADAR AT 530 PM FROM DAYTON OHIO TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF CINCINNATI AND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH EAST 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY IN THE CINCINNATI NORTHERN KENTUCKY AREA UNTIL 630 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LINE BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE HAVE PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN THE MADISON INDIANA AREA. A SEVERE THUNDE,RSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM FOR SWITZERLAND COUNTY INDIANA AND CARROLL AND GALLATIN COUNTY KENTUCKY. JR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin, Logan | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Crawford | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow | 37 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.