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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 28, 1993Allen County, Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1993, 3:02 AM EDT for Allen County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1993, 3:02 AM EDT (07:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1993, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Allen County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 1993-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1440 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1993-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 27, 9:05 PM EDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:49 AM EDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
249 AM EDT MON JUN 28 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO
UNTIL 700 AM EST...

AT 235 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM LIMA OHIO 105
MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...TO 50 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.
THESE STORMS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE MIDNIGHT EST AND THEY
DO HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...
AND SMALL HAIL.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.
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DIAN
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:00 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
300 AM EDT MON JUN 28 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO
UNTIL 800 AM EDT...

AT 235 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM LIMA OHIO 105
MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...TO 50 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.
THESE STORMS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE MIDNIGHT EST AND THEY
DO HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...
AND SMALL HAIL.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.
.
DIAN
CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:02 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
300 AM EDT MON JUN 28 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO
UNTIL 800 AM EDT...

AT 235 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM LIMA OHIO 105
MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...TO 50 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.
THESE STORMS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE MIDNIGHT EST AND THEY
DO HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...
AND SMALL HAIL.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDIbTIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.
.
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CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery44 min
Jun 28, 2:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNVan Wert41 min
Jun 28, 4:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNVan Wert2 hr
Jun 28, 5:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer2 hr
Jun 28, 7:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNVan Wert3 hr
Jun 28, 9:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNShelby2 hr
Jun 28, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke69 min
Jun 28, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery60 min
Jun 28, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami61 min
Jun 28, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble61 min
Jun 28, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene60 min
Jun 28, 2:55 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClinton, Highland50 min
Jun 28, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont63 min
Jun 28, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone33 min
Jun 28, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken58 min
Jun 28, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPendleton69 min
Jun 28, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMason68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993

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.