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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 22, 1992Carroll County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 4:47 PM EST for Carroll County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 22, 1992, 4:47 PM EST (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Nov 22, 1992, 5:15 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Carroll County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 258 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCVG 222148 RRA
TORCVG
KYC041-222215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
447 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
          ...CARROLL
 
AT 438 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE
OHIO RIVER ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CARROLL COUNTY KENTUCKY.
 
BARN DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE 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 INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
SAM

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, Nov 22, 11:00 AM EST, 5 hours 47 minutes before

OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-221800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1055 AM EST SUN NOV 22 1992

RAINFALL THAT WAS MOVING THROUGH CINCINNATI WAS HEADED NORTH INTO BUTLER
AND WARREN COUNTIES OF OHIO THIS MORNING.

AT 1045 AM EST BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED PONDING OF WATER
ON ROADS...DUE TO DITCHES FILLING AND THEN FLOWING ONTO ROADS.

AT 1050 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN
FROM HAMILTON TO LEBANON OHIO...OR ABOUT 30 TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CINCINNATI.

PEOPLE IN THE AREA BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND DAYTON OHIO WILL EXPERIENCE
SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...POSSIBLE BASEMENT FLOODING AND POOR
VISIBILITIES FOR MOTORISTS UNTIL A|ROUND NOON.

REMEMBER A FLOOD WATCH IS EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEEST OHIO AND SOUTHEAST
INDIANA FOR THIS AFTEROON AND EVENING.

SAM

Special weather statement, Nov 22, 2:57 PM EST, 1 hour 50 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, 54 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, 19 minutes 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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 22, 4:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Owen	31 min
Nov 22, 5:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Boone	40 min
Nov 22, 5:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Gallatin	40 min
Nov 22, 6:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pendleton	25 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.