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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 22, 1992Miami County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 7:28 PM EST for Miami County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 1992, 7:28 PM EST (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 8:30 PM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Miami County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 00:00Z on 1992-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 870 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
7.1

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The text

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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, Nov 22, 2:57 PM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-222200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
255 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992

THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA CONTINUED TO GAIN STRENGTH
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA AROUND 5 PM EST.

AT 250 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE AND 10 MILES WEST OF
BLOOMINGTON INDIANA SOUTH TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLE HAIL WILL MOVE INTO RIPLEY COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA
BETWEEN 430 PM EST AND 5 PM EST.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPERIENCE RAINFALL IN
EXCESS OF A HALF INCH IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WIND GUST TO 45 MILES
AND SMALL HAIL
OTHER STORM ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE CINCINNATI AREA BEFORE
6 PM EST.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE GREATER
CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
OHIO AND PART OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

YOU HAVE TIME TO BE PREPARED...CHECK YOUR PLANS FOR SWIFT ACTION
IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA.

SAM
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 3:53 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-222230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
351 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CINCINNATI
TRISTATE UNTIL 900 PM EST. THIS WATCH INCLUDES MOST OF THE CINCINNATI
METRO AREA.

A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT.

AT 335 PM EST...A 15 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH
WERE SEVERE...EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 20 MILES
WEST OF LOUISVILLE. TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LINE.

THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHEAST INDIANA AFTER 430 PM EST...AND INTO THE CINCINNATI METRO
AREA BY 530 PM EST.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...
LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES.  PEOPLE IN THE CINCINNATI
TRISTATE ARE URGED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

A REMINDER TO RESIDENTS OF HAMILTON COUNTY...BECAUSE A TORNADO WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR CINCINNATI...THE OUTDOOR CIVIL DEFENSE SIRENS WILL
SOUND IF EITHER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED.
IF THE SIRENS SOUND...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

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

NPYTLAK
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 4:28 PM EST, 3 hours before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-222230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
425 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRI
STATE AREA UNTIL 9 PM EST.

A LINE OF THEUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CONTINUED TO MARCH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
AND INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AT 422 PM EST.

AT 420 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE LINE STORMS NEAR
RUSHVILLE TO NORTH VERNON INDIANA AND NEW CASTLE KENTUCKY...WHICH IS
ABOUT 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...

PEOPLE IN FRANKLIN AND RIPLEY COUNTIES OF INDIANA AND OWEN COUNTY OF
NORTHERN KENTUCKY WILL EXPERIENCE SOME OF THESE STORMS BEFORE 5 PM EST.

WIND SPEEDS OF NEARLY 50 MILES AN HOUR...IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH
RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER...LIGHTNING STRIKES
INTERRUPUTING POWER AND SMALL HAIL.

STAY CALM...BUT BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

SAM
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 7:19 PM EST, 9 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-230115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
717 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EST.

AT 715 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LIMA TO DAYTON TO CINCINNATI. AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY . ALL THE PRECIPITATION
WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORM OVER CLINTON COUNTY PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN
HOUR ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTENING AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE COUNTY. THIS
THUNDERSTORM HAS MAINTAINED ITS INTENSITY AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN
FAYETTE COUNTY BY 745 PM.

SEVERAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WERE
REPORTED WITH THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVED THROUGH WESTCENTRAL
OHIO BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM.

PEOPLE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITION4S THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE
TO A SAFE PLACE.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 7:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery, Preble62 min
Nov 22, 7:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Logan67 min
Nov 22, 7:23 PM ESTTornado WarningILNBrown, Highland37 min
Nov 22, 7:59 PM ESTTornado WarningILNHighland24 min
Nov 22, 9:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAshland, Knox, Richland53 min

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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.