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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 13, 1993Boone County, Kenton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1993, 9:25 PM EDT for Boone County, Kenton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1993, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1993, 10:12 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boone County, KY, Kenton County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 1993-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 968 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 00:00Z on 1993-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
968 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 140128 RRA
SVRCVG
OHC025-061-KYC015-117-140230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
ISSUED BY CLEVELAND OH
925 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...S...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...CLERMONT COUNTY...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
AT 925 PM...RADAR SHOWED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER HAMILTON
AND CLERMONT COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST OHIO AND OVER BOONE AND KENTON
COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AROUND 15
MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAU`SE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
 
GABRIC

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, Jul 13, 8:56 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-140200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
855 PM EDT (755 PM EST) TUE JUL 13 1993

SINCE 8 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND INCREASING IN
INTENSITY IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA THIS EVENING.

TV METEOROLOGIST REPORTED REPORTED SMALL SIZE HAIL NORTH OF
DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI NEAR GALBRAITH ROAD AROUND 815 PM EDT AND
MASON COUNTY KENTUCKY EMERGENCY OFFICAL REPORTED RAINFALL
ACCUMULATED NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WITH THIRTY
MINTUES NEAR MAYSVILLE KENTUCKY.

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF NEARLY STATIONARY
FRONTAL SYSTEM...THAT WAS STARTING MOVE NORTH THIS EVENING.

AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR MOVING INTO AND THROUGH THE GREATER
CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA UNTIL AROUND 1030 PM EDT.

THESE STORMS HAVE A CAPABILITY OF BECOMING SEVERE WITH LITTLE
NOTICE SO...PLEASE TAKE COVER IN A STRONG BUILDING IMMEDIATELY
AS STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.

DO NOT TRY TO CROSS AREA OF HIGH WATER SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

SAM

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:56 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-140200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
855 PM EDT (755 PM EST) TUE JUL 13 1993

SINCE 8 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING AND INCREASING IN
INTENSITY IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA THIS EVENING.

TV METEOROLOGIST REPORTED REPORTED SMALL SIZE HAIL NORTH OF
DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI NEAR GALBRAITH ROAD AROUND 815 PM EDT AND
MASON COUNTY KENTUCKY EMERGENCY OFFICAL REPORTED RAINFALL
ACCUMULATED NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WITH THIRTY
MINTUES NEAR MAYSVILLE KENTUCKY.

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF NEARLY STATIONARY
FRONTAL SYSTEM...THAT WAS STARTING MOVE NORTH THIS EVENING.

AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER...ALONG WITH
FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR MOVING INTO AND THROUGH THE GREATER
CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA UNTIL AROUND 1030 PM EDT.

THESE STORMS HAVE A CAPABILITY OF BECOMING SEVERE WITH LITTLE
NOTICE SO...PLEASE TAKE COVER IN A STRONG BUILDING IMMEDIATELY
AS STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA.

DO NOT TRY TO CROSS AREA OF HIGH WATER SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

SAM

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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.