Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 5:32 PM EDT for Muskingum County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 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 8, 1990, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Muskingum 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 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Muskingum, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1045 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCMH 082132
SVRCMH
OHC119-082230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
532 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF OHIO
MUSKINGUM
AT 530 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY NEAR DRESDEN MOVING TO
THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS
SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
RHWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 8, 12:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-091200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1155 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM FORECAST CENTER INDICATES THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION TODAY IS VERY MOIST AND THE AMPLE SUNSHINE THAT MUCH OF THE AREA IS RECEIVING IS HELPING TO MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE MORE UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND SOME COUND REACH SEVERE LIMITS. IN ADDITION...THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE WEATHER SERVICE IS MONITORING THIS WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND WILL ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 120 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 DURING THE LAST HALF HOUR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN KANAWHA COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH CLAY COUNTY BEFORE 200 PM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED IN EASTERN OHIO IN SOUTHERN ATHENS COUNTY AND SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA BEFORE 200 PM. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTLY SURFACE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTD TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. END/PCZ
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 200 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLESTON HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM SCHOOL OFFICIALS AROUND WEST VIRGINIA CONCERNING EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WHEN OUTDOOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONIES ARE PLANNED. A VERY WARM AND STICKY AIR MASS CURRENTLY COVERS WEST VIRGINIA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AND THE CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE TIME OF THE PLANNED CEREMONIES. THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS RANGES FROM 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE TO 50 PERCENT IN THE NORTHERN PORTION. ALTHOUGH THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY ONE LOCATION RECEIVING A THUNDERSTORM DURING THE EVENING HOURS IS NOT GREAT...THE AIR IS VERY MOIST AND THOSE AREAS THAT DO GET RAIN CAN EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THOSE SCHOOL OFFICIALS THAT FACE THE DECISION OF OUTDOOR/INDOOR LOCATION FOR GRADUATION CEREMONIES THIS EVENING MAY WISH TO CONTACT THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. END/PCZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Fairfield, Pickaway | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Licking | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Union | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Delaware, Franklin | 37 min |
| Jun 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Union | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Delaware | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Union | 32 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.