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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 16, 1992Champaign County, Clark County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1992, 3:44 PM EDT for Champaign County, Clark County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 16, 1992, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 1992, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 16, 4:25 PM EDTHail 1Champaign, 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 39 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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

Local storm report, Jul 16, 10:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 3:30 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-162045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
330 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF THE CINCINNATI
TRISTATE AREA... AND WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

AT 325 PM... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN... WERE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.
THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER BETWEEN
CINCINNATI AND LOUISVILLE... AND JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 75 BETWEEN
DAYTON AND LIMA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR... AND ARE EXPECTED
TO MOVE INTO THE CINCINNATI AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
HOWEVER... THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR... AND HAIL IN EXCESS OF THREE-QUARTERS OF
AN INCH IN DIAMETER.

PEOPLE IN THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER... AND SEEK STRONG SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

MSL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 6:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler104 min
Jul 16, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke49 min
Jul 16, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami61 min
Jul 16, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan69 min
Jul 16, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCrawford67 min
Jul 16, 5:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNClark3 hr
Jul 16, 6:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGreene, Montgomery3 hr
Jul 16, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery50 min
Jul 16, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNKnox, Richland60 min
Jul 16, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAshland61 min
Jul 16, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCrawford46 min
Jul 16, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNKnox, Morrow53 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.