Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1990, 8:22 PM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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 22, 1990, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Licking 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 22, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Licking, 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 148 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCMH 230022
TORCMH
OHC089-230100-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
822 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL OHIO
...LICKING
RADAR INDICATED AND THE LICKING COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A
FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR NORTH RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL AT 815 PM EDT. THE TORNADO
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 35 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.
WEBERWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 22, 4:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
WVZ008-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 447 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 442 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER BOONE AND LOGAN COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS SOUTHEAST OF LOGAN IN LOGAN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO RALEIGH AND WYOMING COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.. AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. END/BRAMBLE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
WVZ008-222300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 530 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 525 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ANSTED IN FAYETTE COUNTY SOUTH INTO NORTHERN WYOMING COUNTY OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. THE HEAVIST RAIN WAS OVER NORTHERN WYOMING COUNTY AND WESTERN RALEIGH COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. BRIEF) VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.. AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. END/BRAMBLE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 605 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ADAMS COUNTY OHIO... ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE TRI STATE... AT 605 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS OHIO SOUTHWEST TO LEXINGTON. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED IN WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY OHIO AND WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOS...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROMU WINDOWS AND PREFERABLY IN THE BASEMENT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/JMH
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 6:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
WVZ008-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 612 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 610 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT BECKLEY SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH BECKLEY IN RALEIGH COUNTY. THIS AREA EXTENDED EAST INTO GREENBRIER AND SUMMERS COUNTIES. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS IN RALEIGH COUNTY NEAR BECKLEY AND IN SUMMERS NEAR HINTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVIVNG TO THE EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.. AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. END/BRAMBLE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
KYZ006-008-OHZ008-009-WVZ003-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 700 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...EASTER KENTUCKY AND SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO... AT 700 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO SOUTHWEST TO 20 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY AND WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED FARTHER WEST AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TRI STATE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOS...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. END/JMH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Fairfield | 41 min |
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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.