Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1990, 4:37 PM EDT for Madison County, Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 68 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
- Sep 14, 1990, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1990, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Madison County, OH, Union 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:43 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Madison, 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 KCMH 142038
SVRCMH
OHC097-159-142145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
437 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL OHIO
...MADISON...UNION
AT 430PM COLUMBUS RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NEAR LORAIN SOUTHWEST TO SPRINGFIELD AND HAMILTON. THE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH. STRONG WINDS WITH
THESE STORMS HAVE DOWNED TREES IN ST PARIS AND URBANA.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNFDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LVW
NNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Delaware, Franklin | 67 min |
| Sep 14, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette, Ross | 62 min |
| Sep 14, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fairfield, Licking | 42 min |
| Sep 14, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 44 min |
| Sep 14, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Hocking, Vinton | 60 min |
| Sep 14, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.