Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1991, 6:11 PM EDT for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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
- Aug 8, 1991, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1991, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Franklin, 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 8, 6:06 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
WVZ003-KYZ006-OHZ009-090000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 610 PM EDT THU AUG 8 1991 AT 600 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR IN LEWIS CARTER AND ELLIOTT COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY...SCIOTO AND PIKE COUNTIES OF OHIO. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. RAIN FALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH HAVE OCCURED AS THE STORMS TRACK EAST. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUSJ LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HATFIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fayette | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Fayette | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pickaway, Ross | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.