Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 1990, 5:23 PM EDT for Clinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 1990, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 142123
TORCVG
OHC027-142215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON KY
523 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF OHIO
CLINTON
AT 515 AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTERS REPORTED A CONFIRMED TORNADO
TOUCH DOWN IN WAYNESVILLE OHIO...ON ROUTE 42 AND COOKS RUN ROAD.
A HOUSE WAS DESTOYED... THERE WERE INJURIES.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST INTO CLINTON COUNTY... TOWARD
WILMINGTON.
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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.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, Sep 14, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 3500PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRISTATE AREA UNTIL 10 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMWATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR RIPLEY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 445 PM EDT. AT 330 THIS AFTERNOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOUR FROM RICHMOND INDIANA TO JUST WEST OF NORTH VERNON INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO BY 5 OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS... HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. BLAKLEY
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-142115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 515 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS MOVING INTO CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 410 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MARION SOUTHWEST ACROSS SPRINGFIELD TO NEAR CINCINNATI. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS MARION...UNION...DELAWARE...FAYETTE... AND INTO FRANKLIN COUNTIES BETWEEN 415 PM AND 515 PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN AREA AROUND 515 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GROH
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 4:23 PM EDT, 1 hour before
OHZ006-007-009-011-142115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 423 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS MOVING INTO CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 410 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MARION SOUTHWEST ACROSS SPRINGFIELD TO NEAR CINCINNATI. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS MARION...UNION...DELAWARE...FAYETTE... AND INTO FRANKLIN COUNTIES BETWEEN 415 PM AND 515 PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN AREA AROUND 515 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNIN#GS. GROH
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 4:35 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 434 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRISTATE AREA UNTIL 10 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR RIPLEY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 445 PM EDT. AT 430 PM EDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS...EXTENDED OVER PARTS OF WESTERN OHIO... SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO... SOUTHWEST TO ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY...IN AN AREA ABOUT 50 MILES WIDE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DROPPING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE CINCINNATI AREA UNTIL ABOUT 530 PM EDT. < HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNEBD TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. GOLDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 58 min |
| Sep 14, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 62 min |
| Sep 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 55 min |
| Sep 14, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 73 min |
| Sep 14, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 57 min |
| Sep 14, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 68 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.