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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 2, 1990Butler County, Hamilton County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 11:14 PM EDT for Butler County, Hamilton County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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, 11:14 PM EDT (03:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1990, 12:15 AM EDT
In force: 61 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
Jun 2, 11:14 PM EDT	Tornado F4	Hamilton, OH
Jun 2, 11:45 PM EDT	Tornado F4	Butler, OH
Jun 2, 11:50 PM EDT	Tornado F4	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 00:00Z, 3.2 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCVG 030314
TORCVG
OHC017-061-030415-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON KY
1114 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF OHIO
      BUTLER...HAMILTON

AT 1100 THIS EVENING A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN
RIPLEY COUNTY AND ANOTHER IN THE TOWN OF LOGAN OF DEARBORN COUNTY
JUST WEST OF CINCINNATI.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL CROSS THROUGH HAMILTON AND BUTLER
COUNTIES BETWEEN NOW AND MIDNIGHT. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST 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.

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
F#LOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

 MANUEL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Mercer	50 min
Jun 2, 11:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Warren	53 min
Jun 3, 12:11 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton	49 min
Jun 3, 2:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	57 min
Jun 3, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	49 min
Jun 3, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	45 min
Jun 3, 6:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize	66 min
Jun 3, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Shelby	59 min
Jun 3, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	59 min
Jun 3, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery	59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.