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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 7:11 PM EDT for Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:20 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Union, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCMH 082311
SVRCMH
OHC159-090000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
711 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL OHIO
...UNION
AT 710 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EASY AROUND 40 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN zCALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LVWWhat 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, 1:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 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, 4 hours 49 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VAZ013>016-KYZ006-008-OHZ007-009-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 545 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... DO NOT USE AFTER 7PM... AT 535 PM THE CHARLESTON WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN OHIO FROM COLUMBUS TO ZANESVILLE TO JUST WEST OF WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OBSERVED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF WEST VIRGINIA AT THE PRESENT TIME. HOWEVER..THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM DURING THE FEW HOURS IN THE WATCH AREA. WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS FORM...THEY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. END/ORCHANIAN
Local storm report, Jun 8, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 550 PM EDT FRI JUN 08 1990 STORM REPORT FOR EVENT FRIDAY MORNING JUNE 8, 1990 640..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR PUTNAM TIL 745 645..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - ST ALBANS 645..DIME SIZE HAIL PUTNAM CO - POCA 650..PEA SIZE HAIL PUTNAM CO - WINFIELD 705..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR KANAWHA AND ROANE TIL 800 705..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - FRAME 706..DIME SIZE HAIL RAONE CO - GANDEEVILLE 715..DIME SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - KANAWHA CITY 715..QUARTER SIZE HAIL KANAHWA CO - KANAWHA CITY 723..PEA SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - BLUE CREEK 745..PEA SIZE HAIL RITCHIE CO - HARRISVILLE 750..DIME SIZE HAIL CLAY CO - BICKMORE 756..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR NICHOLAS CO TIL 900 757..SVR TSTM WARNING FOR FAYETTE CO TIL 900 800..MARBLE SIZE HAIL NICHOLAS CO - MT LOOKOUT 810..DIME SIZE HAIL KANAWHA CO - SISSONVILLE 814..SEVERE TSTM WARNING FOR MONONGALIA AND MARIAN TIL 915 815..PEA SIZE HAIL MONONGALIA CO - BLACKSVILLE 815..PEA SIZE NICHOLAS CO - CARL 815..BLUEBERRY SIZE MONONGALIA CO - WADESVILLE 815..MARBLE SIZE MARION CO - WHITE HALL 820..PEA SIZE NICHOLAS CO - MUDDLETY 823..SVR TSTM WARNING GREENBRIER TIL 930 830..PEA SIZE HAIL MONONGALIA CO - WADESVILLE 830..MOTHBALL SIZE MONONGALIA CO - ARNETTSVILLE 830..MARBLE SIZE HAIL MARION CO - MEADOWDALE 842..SVR TSTM WARNING PRESTON AND TAYLOR TIL 1015 845..PEA SIZE HAIL NICHOLAS CO - RICHWOOD 900..NICKEL SIZE HAIL PRESTON CO - KINGWOOD 904..SVR TSTM WARNIN2G SUMMERS TIL 945 END AAR
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, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Delaware, Franklin | 37 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
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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.