Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 20, 1991, 2:48 PM EDT for Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 1991, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 1991, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCVG 201850
TORCVG
OHC165-201915-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
248 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
...WARREN
A COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCHED DOWN INSIDE KINGS ISLAND AMUSEMENT
PARK IN SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY. THIS TORNADO IS WEAK BUT MAY CAUSE
DAMAGE AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PYTLAKWhat 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, Aug 20, 11:57 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-201800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 1155 AM EDT TUE AUG 20 1991 COLD AIR FULLELS ARE BEING OBSERVED IN MADISON COUNTY LATE THIS MORNING. THE PUBLIC AND THE MADISON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT OFFICE IN MADISON COUNTY REPORTED THAT THEY SIGHTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ALOFT JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN ROUTES 38 AND 42. RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA. GENERALLY...FUNNEL CLOUDS OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH WELL DEVELOPED AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE FORMED IN A WARM...MOIST AIR MASS. THUNDERSTORMS OF THIS VARIETY AND INTENSITY NEARLY ALWAYS FORM ALONG OR SOME DISTANCE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CONDITION PREVAILS OVER CENTRAL OHIO TODAY. THERE ARE NO STRONG COLD FRONTS IN THE AREA. THERE IS LITTLE OR NO POTENTIAL FOR INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AS THE AIR IS RELATIVELY COOL. STUDIES OF COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUDS SHOW THAT THEY RARELY TOUCH THE GROUND AND RARELY DO ANY DAMAGE. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS NORMALLY PROTRUDE A FEW HUNDRED FEET DOWNWARD FROM THE PARENT CLOUD...ROTATE OR SPIN LIKE A TOP...AND LAST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE DISSIPATING. GROH
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 11:59 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-201800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 1155 AM EDT TUE AUG 20 1991 COLD AIR FUNNELS ARE BEING OBSERVED IN MADISON COUNTY LATE THIS MORNING. THE PUBLIC AND THE MADISON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT OFFICE IN MADISON COUNTY REPORTED THAT THEY SIGHTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ALOFT JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN ROUTES 38 AND 42. RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA. GENERALLY...FUNNEL CLOUDS OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH WELL DEVELOPED AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE FORMED IN A WARM...MOIST AIR MASS. THUNDERSTORMS OF THIS VARIETY AND INTENSITY NEARLY ALWAYS FORM ALONG OR SOME DISTANCE AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CONDITION PREVAILS OVER CENTRAL OHIO TODAY. THERE ARE NO STRONG COLD FRONTS IN THE AREA. THERE IS LITTLE OR NO POTENTIAL FOR INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AS THE AIR IS RELATIVELY COOL. STUDIES OF COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUDS S0HOW THAT THEY RARELY TOUCH THE GROUND AND RARELY DO ANY DAMAGE. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS NORMALLY PROTRUDE A FEW HUNDRED FEET DOWNWARD FROM THE PARENT CLOUD...ROTATE OR SPIN LIKE A TOP...AND LAST A FEW MINUTES BEFORE DISSIPATING. GROH
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 12:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-201900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1240 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 1989 COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE VERY COLD MUCH LIKE YESTERDAY...WHICH IS IDEAL FOR FUNNEL CLOUD DEVELOPMENT. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS RARELY TOUCH DOWN. IF THEY REACH THE GROUND...THEY WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 40 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. THAT IS MUCH WEAKER THAN A NORMAL TORNANDO BUT WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE DAMAGE. IF YOU SEE ONE OF THESE FUNNELS THIS AFTERNOON...DO NOT BE ALARMED. HOWEVER...BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. PYTLAK
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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.