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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 2, 1990Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 11:52 PM EDT for Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 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 2, 1990, 11:52 PM EDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1990, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Warren 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 3, 12:00 AM EDT	Tornado F4	Warren, 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 030351
TORCVG
OHC165-030445-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1152 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
          ...WARREN
 
AT 1145 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING A TORNADO OVER SOUTHEAST BUTLER COUNTY.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A TORNADO AS IT CROSSED RUMPKE IN NORTH
HAMILTON COUNTY.
 
MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL PLACE IT INTO WARREN COUNTY BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 1230 AM. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE MASON AND
LEBANON.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIpONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
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, 11:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	61 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.