Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 1991, 6:21 PM EDT for Fayette County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 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, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1991, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 6:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Fayette, 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCMH 082222 TORCMH OHC047-082315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 621 PM EDT THU AUG 8 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN CENTRAL OHIO ...FAYETTE COUNTY AT 620 PM AMATUER RADIO SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN FAYETTE COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 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 INTERIO\R ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. GERARD
What 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 8, 6:06 PM EDT, 15 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, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Pickaway, Ross | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.