Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1990, 8:30 PM EDT for Ashland County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1990, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashland County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMFD 230031 TORMFD OHC005-230130- BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 830 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF OHIO...ASHLAND A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED NEAR LUCAS OHIO BY SKYWARN SPOTTERS. THIS TORNADO HAS CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE NEAR BELLEVILLE OHIO AND WILL ENTER ASHLAND COUNTY SHORTLY. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERI!OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. BRILLHART
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, 4 hours 32 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, 3 hours 51 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, 2 hours 52 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
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
OHZ006-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 555 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR UNION... MADISON... FAYETTE...DELAWARE AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS MOVED INTO CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 550 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF MARION TO CINCINNATI. THIS LINE WAS MOV@ING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH COLUMBUS BY 700 PM. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
OHZ006-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 555 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR UNION... MADISON... FAYETTE...DELAWARE...MARION AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS MOVED INTO CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 550 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF MARION TO CINCINNATI. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH COLUMBUS BY 700 PM. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. CORRECTED TO ADDU MARION COUNTY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Richland | 50 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.