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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 8, 1990Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1990, 6:14 PM EDT for Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1990, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1990, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 754 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 240 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
754 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 082229
TORMFD
OHC005-082315-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
614 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MANSFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
          ...ASHLAND...RICHLAND

A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED BY WEATHER SERVICE ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTH OF THE
AIRPORT MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AT THIS RATE IT WILL MOVR OUT OF NORTHN
RICHLAND COUNTY INOT ASHKLAND COUNTY BY 615 PM EDT.



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 A7N INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
DB
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby48 min
Jun 8, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNKnox60 min
Jun 8, 5:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNChampaign, Logan3 hr
Jun 8, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin31 min
Jun 8, 6:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHardin2 hr
Jun 8, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCrawford55 min
Jun 8, 6:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAshland, Richland2 hr
Jun 8, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin27 min
Jun 8, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan41 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.