Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1990, 5:06 PM EDT for Fayette County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1990, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1990, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 1078 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCMH 092106
SVRCMH
OHC047-092215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
506 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF OHIO
FAYETTE
AT 500 PM RADRAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE ON THE GREENE AND
FAYETTE COUNTY LINE.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE BY 530 PM.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
HOLMESWhat 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, Jul 9, 2:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-092000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 210 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 606 IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE UNTIL 900 PM... HOT AND HUMID AIR ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY WILL REACT WITH A COLD FRONT IN NORTHERN OHIO AND PENSYLVANIA TO PRODUCE POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS, LARGE HAIL, FREQUENT AND INSTENSE LIGHTNING, AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WEST VIRGINIA NORTHERN PANHANDLE AND INTO WETZEL AND TYLER COUNTIES OF EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. AT 145PM SHOWERS AND LARGE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF OHIO AND PENSYLVANIA NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS OHIO TO PITTSBURG. THE COLD FRONT WILL DROP SLOWLY SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. BY TUESDAY MORNING IT WILL DROP INTO EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS OR TO THE NEAREST NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEM'ENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:26 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-VA015-016-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 425 PM EDT MON JUL 9 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 606 IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE UNTIL 900 PM... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PENSYLVANIA... OHIO..AND ON WEST INTO INDIANA. THESE STORMS ARE THE RESULT OF HOT HUMID AIR INTERACTING WITH A COLD FRONT DRIFTING SOUTH THROUGH OHIO AND PENSYLVANIA. HIGH WINDS DUE TO A THUNDERSTORM CAUSED TREES AND POWER LINES TO GO DOWN IN COSHOCTON COUNTY BETWEEN ZANESVILLE AND AKRON OH EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR THIS STORM. AT 215 PM THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF CINCINNATI TO JUST SOUTH OF ZANESVILLE AND JUST NORTH OF THE PENSYLVANIA/WEST VIRGINIA BORDER. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH BUT THE AREA IS DROPPING SOUTH AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. VERY HEAVY BRIEF RAIN AND FREQUENT AND INTENSE LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. THEY MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS OR TO THE NEAREST NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLASH FLOODING CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THE INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DGH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Licking | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Union | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Madison | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pickaway | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fairfield | 40 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.