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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 18, 1992Butler County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 3:09 PM EDT for Butler County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 1992, 3:09 PM EDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 1992, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Butler County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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-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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -197 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCVG 181911
TORCVG
OHC017-182015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
309 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
          ...BUTLER
 
AT 305 PM EDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST OUT OF SOUTHEAST
INDIANA AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR INDICATES THAT THESE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
 
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE CROSSING THE INDIANA/OHIO STATE LINE HEADING
TOWARD REILY OHIO IN BUTLER COUNTY.
 
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.
POOLE

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, Jun 18, 1:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-181900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
141 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONCE AGAIN STARTING TO DEVELOP IN ESTERN INDIANA
TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AT 138 PM EDT.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH PERIODS
OF VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM JUST SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE TO NORTH VERON INDIANA
TO NEAR LOUIVILLE KENTUCKY...OR FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA
TO 45 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI.

TWO LARGE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GREENSBURG TO NORTH VERNON INDIANA ACONTAIN
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WILL MOVE INTO RIPLEY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF
SOUTHEAST INDIANA BETWEEN 2 PM EDT AND 230 PM EDT.

AS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT
RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY...PEOPLE IN THESE AREA WILL
EXPERIENCE FLOODING.

AS STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON TAKE COVER IN A STRONG
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND DO NOT TRY
TO CROSS AREA OF HIGH WATER.

ALSO...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE CAUSING WIND GUSTS TO
55 MILES AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

SAM

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:14 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-181900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
213 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
800 PM EST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE
LOCATED FROM FORT WAYNE...125 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI SOUTH
TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY OR 75 MILE SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER
CONDITIONS. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM
WINDS AND FLOODING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND THE WATCH AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TOi DEVELOP.

KEENEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 11:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	59 min
Jun 18, 1:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Crawford	60 min
Jun 18, 4:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler	30 min
Jun 18, 4:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler	30 min
Jun 18, 5:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	66 min
Jun 18, 3:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Darke	63 min
Jun 18, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	60 min
Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Van Wert	62 min
Jun 18, 4:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Miami	59 min
Jun 18, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Logan	43 min
Jun 18, 6:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clark	65 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.