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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 23, 1992Miami County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1992, 7:16 PM EDT for Miami County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1992, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
59 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 12:00Z, 11.3 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-23Temperature 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 1992-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Jun 23, 3:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
OHZ005-232045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
344 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN OHIO
UNTIL 9 PM EDT.

AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM
WEST OF EATON OHIO IN PREBLE COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH.

CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE EATON...WEST ALEXANDRIA...NEW
LEBANON AND DAYTON.

THE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE DAYTON AREA BETWEEN 4 AND
430 PM EDT.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION IF SEVERE
WEATHER DEVELOPS.

LINDSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-232300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
443 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST
OF THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA UNTIL 900 PM EDT. FRANKLIN COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

AT 440 PM EDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND 40 MILES
NORTH OF EVANSVILLE INDIAN. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED
OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST
STORM IN OHIO WAS NEARING DAYTON.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE IMMEDIATE TRISTATE AREA AT 430 PM.
HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF CINCINNATI LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

EVEN THOUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA WAS THE ONLY COUNTY IN THE
CINCINNATI TRISTATE UNDER A WATCH...PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE TRISTATE
SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...OR SEVERE WEATHER AFFECTS YOUR AREA.

STAY TULNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES
ON THIS THUNDERSTORM SITUATION.

PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-232300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
444 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST
OF THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA UNTIL 900 PM EDT. FRANKLIN COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

AT 440 PM EDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND 40 MILES
NORTH OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED
OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST
STORM IN OHIO WAS NEARING DAYTON.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE IMMEDIATE TRISTATE AREA AT 430 PM.
HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF CINCINNATI LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

EVEN THOUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA WAS THE ONLY COUNTY IN THE
CINCINNATI TRISTATE UNDER A WATCH...PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE TRISTATE
SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...OR SEVERE WEATHER AFFECTS YOUTR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES
ON THIS THUNDERSTORM SITUATION.

PYTLAK
CORRECTED FOR TYPO IN 2ND PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-232300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
546 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST
OF THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA UNTIL 900 PM EDT. FRANKLIN COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

AT 535 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A 25 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...
SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...FROM NEAR LIMA OHIO...WHICH IS 120 MILES NORTH
NORTH OF CINCINNATI...TO 60 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE NEAR MUNCIE INDIANA...JUST
SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND ALSO NEAR BEDFORD INDIANA ABOUT 90 MILES
WEST OF CINCINNATI.

RADAR ALSO INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
OVER A PORTION OF CENTRAL OHIO JUST SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AND ALSO
JUST NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.  AT THAT SPEED...THEY WILL ARRIVE IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
AFTER 730 PM EDT.

PEOPLE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA...AS WELL AS IN THE REST OF
THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE...SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION.

PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer53 min
Jun 23, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke64 min
Jun 23, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize40 min
Jun 23, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNVan Wert51 min
Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAllen65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.