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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 3, 1990Boone County, Kentucky; Ohio County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1990, 12:15 AM EDT for Boone County, Kentucky; Ohio County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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 3, 1990, 12:15 AM EDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ohio County, IN, Boone County, KY

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 3, 12:40 AM EDTTornado F1Boone, KY

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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1038 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCVG 030413
TORCVG
INC115-KYC015-030500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1215 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
          ...OHIO
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
          ...BOONE
 
AT 1212 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
RISING SUN IN OHIO COUNTY. THE CITY OF RISING SUN WILL BE IN THE
PATH OF THE TORNADO.
 
THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF TORNADOS.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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 2, 7:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
OHZ006-030130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  COLUMBUS OH
733 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 1990

THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE APPROACHING CENTRAL
OHIO THIS EVENING.

AT 720 PM EDT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
FROM NEAR WILMINGTON SOUTHEAST TO PORTSMOUTH THEN SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
REACH FAYETTE AND ROSS COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTER 8 PM EDT.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING COULD
PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LVW
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
OHZ005-010-030300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
847 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND
THE MIAMI VALLEY...EXCEPT FOR GREENE...CLARK AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 845 PM EDT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF INDIANA. MOST OF THE AREA WAS WEST OF
A LINE FROM FORT WAYNE TO MUNCIE TO BLOOMINGTON. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN OHIO BETWEEN 930 AND 10 PM EDT.
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...HAIL AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
AS THIS AREA MOVED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. AND IF THREATENING WEATHER IS
OBSERVED TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

TORRENCE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-030215

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
850 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990

A SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS EVENING HEADED TOWARD SOUTHEAST INDIANA.

AT 840 PM EDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE MOSTLY WEST
AND NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BREAKING OUT SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA.

THE NORTH TO SOUTH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR.

THE TRACK OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AREA WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA
COUNTIES AROUND 10 PM EDT...AND MOVE FARTHER INTO THE GREATER CINCINNATI
AROUND 1030 PM EDT.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND A PART OF
NORTHERN KENTUCKY'S AND BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED
USE YOUR SAFETY PLAN IF STORMS BECOME SEVERE TONIGHT.

SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-030215

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
954 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990

A SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES WERE RACING TOWARDS
SOUTHEAST INDIANA.

AT 930 PM EDT NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES AND VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE COMING OUT OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS LINE OF SEVERE
WEATHER EXTENDED FROM FORT WAYNE SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF EVANSVILLE
IN INDIANA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN JACKSON
COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS PRESENT RATE
THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA BY 1030 PM.

THE TRACK OF THE THUNDERSTORM AREA WILL MOVE FARTHER INTO THE GREATER
CINCINNATI AREA BY 1130 PM EDT.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND A PART OF
NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED
TO TAKE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

KEENEY
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-030345

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
11 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990

DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA WERE MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF
OHIO AROUND 1130 PM EDT.

A TORNADO WARNING IS EFFECT FOR RIPLEY AND DEARBORN COUNTIES OF INDIANA
UNTIL 1115 PM EDT.

AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST...THEY WILL SPREAD INTO
THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA BETWEEN 1115 PM EDT AND 1130 PM EDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOSELY MONTIORED AS FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS BE PERPARED TO SEEK SHELTER.

REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED
TO TAKE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 11:31 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-030415

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1128 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990

DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO REDEVELOP AND RACE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST INDIANA MOVING TOWARD NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE CINCINNATI
AREA AT 1122 PM EDT.

A TORNADO WARNING IS EFFECT WAS REISSUED FOR RIPLEY AND DEARBORN
COUNTIES OF INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...AND A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FOR HAMILTON AND BUTLER COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
SUNDAY.

AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST...THEY WILL SPREAD
THROUGH GREATER CINCINNATI AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES UNTIL ABOUT
1230 AM EDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOSELY MONTIORED AS FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED.

SOME OF THE OTHER POSSIBLE EFFECTED COUNTIES COULD BE SWITZERLAND
AND OHIO COUNTIES OF INDIANA...BOONE AND KENTON COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
AND WARREN AND CLINTON COUNTIES OF OHIO.

REMEMBER...TORNAHDOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED
TO TAKE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 12:45 AM EDTTornado WarningILNCarroll, Owen45 min
Jun 3, 2:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Mason57 min
Jun 3, 2:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPendleton57 min
Jun 2, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRipley57 min
Jun 2, 10:50 PM EDTTornado WarningILNDearborn, Ripley25 min
Jun 2, 11:20 PM EDTTornado WarningILNRipley40 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 1990Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 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.