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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 18, 1992Boone County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 4:26 PM EDT for Boone County, Kentucky. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Boone County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
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 182029
TORCVG
KYC015-182130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
426 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
          ...BOONE
 
AT 425PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN AURORA
INDIANA...LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI IN DEARBORN COUNTY2
INDIANA. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST TOWARDS THE COMMUNITIES OF
BURLINGTON...HEBRON...AND FLORENCE KENTUCKY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. STAY
AWAY FROM ALL 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, 2 hours 42 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, 2 hours 12 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
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:46 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
OHZ007-009-011-182145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
345 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

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

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE COLUMBUS...CINCINNATI...DAYTON AND
SPRINGFIELD.

AT 345 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM FINDLAY TO
TROY AND CINCINNATI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OHIO
BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST HAVE BEEN
PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY
RAINS.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR WARNINGS.

LVW

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 5:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone58 min
Jun 18, 5:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNKenton51 min
Jun 18, 5:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCampbell66 min
Jun 18, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone60 min
Jun 18, 4:02 PM EDTTornado WarningILNGallatin58 min
Jun 18, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant62 min
Jun 18, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGallatin43 min
Jun 18, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant63 min
Jun 18, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPendleton60 min
Jun 18, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant41 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.