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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV

June 3, 1990Delaware County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 7:56 PM EDT for Delaware County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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 3, 1990, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Delaware 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 8:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Delaware, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCMH 032356
SVRCMH
OHC041-040100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
756 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF OHIO
      DELAWARE

AT 750 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO DELAWARE COUNTY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES
AN HOUR AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 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.

 RH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMarion47 min
Jun 3, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUnion69 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.