Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Charleston, WV

June 3, 1990Madison County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 8:21 PM EDT for Madison County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 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, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1990, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Madison 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, 8:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Madison, 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCMH 040021
SVRCMH
OHC097-040130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF OHIO
      MADISON

AT 818 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN MADISON COUNTY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES
AN HOUR AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN AJ
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.

 RH

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.