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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Charleston, WV

June 22, 1990Fairfield County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1990, 8:04 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1990, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1990, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Fairfield 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 1990-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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 230004
TORCMH
OHC045-230045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
804 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
          ...FAIRFIELD
 
AT 800 PM FAIRFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON
HORNESVILLE RD. IN THE CITY OF SUGAR GROVE. A HOUSE WAS DESTROYED.
 
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
HOLMES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:22 PM EDTTornado WarningRLXLicking38 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.