Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1991, 4:16 AM EDT for Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1991, 4:16 AM EDT (08:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1991, 4:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 2675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDAY 080816
TORDAY
OHC057-080845-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
416 AM EDT MON JUL 8 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF OHIO
GREENE
AT 410 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY. THE TORNADO IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY AND ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY
YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE.
PADGETTWhat 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, Jul 8, 2:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 255 AM EDT MON JUL 8 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL OHIO WEST OF A LINE FROM MARION TO COLUMBUS TO CHILLICOTHE UNTIL 700 AM EDT. AT 250 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTWEST OHIO WEST OF A LINE FROM TOLEDO TO RICHMOND INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH THE COLUMBUS AREA BY 430 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 300 AM EDT MON JUL 8 1991 THE NAITONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 700 AM EDT. THIS INCLUDES ADAMS...BROWN...BUTLER...CLERMONT...CLINTON...HAMILTON...HIGHLAND AND WARREN COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE CITY OF CINCINNATI. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS DROPPING SOUTHEAST OUT OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND OHIO AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE HAS PRODUCED EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE IN INDIANA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. HIAL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST OHIO SHOULD PREPARE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. ALL PERSONS IN THE TRISTATE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD OCCUR THIS MORNING IN YOUR LOCATION...TAKE TAKE SHELTER WITHOUT DELAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PYTLAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Knox | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer, Van Wert | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 2:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 3:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 3:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 3:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 4:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 5:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 9:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 9:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 59 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.