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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 18, 1992Butler County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 4:45 AM EDT for Butler County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 18, 1992, 4:45 AM EDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 5:15 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Butler County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 4:50 AM EDTHail 1.75Butler, 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 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2881 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2881 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
12.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCVG 180848
SVRCVG
OHC017-180915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
445 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
          ...BUTLER
 
AT 445 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATED A
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY. THE STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF MIDDLETOWN OHIO AND WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
INDIANA.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER 5COVERS THE ROAD.
KEENEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 11:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer59 min
Jun 18, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCrawford60 min
Jun 18, 4:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler30 min
Jun 18, 5:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Hamilton66 min
Jun 18, 3:09 PM EDTTornado WarningILNButler66 min
Jun 18, 3:27 PM EDTTornado WarningILNDarke63 min
Jun 18, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton60 min
Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNVan Wert62 min
Jun 18, 4:46 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMiami59 min
Jun 18, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan43 min
Jun 18, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClark65 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.