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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 22, 1990Butler County, Hamilton County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 6:25 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Butler, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

 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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 9:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland57 min
Jun 22, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin, Logan40 min
Jun 22, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCrawford60 min
Jun 22, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clermont50 min
Jun 22, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMorrow37 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 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.