Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1993, 8:28 PM EDT for Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 17 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1993, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1993, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 53 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCVG 310035 COR TORCVG OHC165-310045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 834 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST OHIO ...WARREN COUNTY A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND AT 829 PM EDT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 122 AND INTERSTATE 75 IN NORTHWEST WARREN COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. PEOPLE IN WARREN COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW! THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. YOUR QUICK REACTION TO THIS TORNADO WARNING MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES. PYTLAK CORRECTION FOR LOCATION OF TORNADO AND INTERSECTION LOCATION &
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, May 30, 6:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-302345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 645 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 1993 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 640 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM LOUISVILLE TO LEXINGTON...AND EXTENDED NORTH THROUGH CARROLL AND OWEN COUNTIES INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF GALLATIN AND GRANT COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL SPREAD INTO PENDLETON COUNTY AND NORTHERN PARTS OF GALLATIN AND GRANT COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY BY 730 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS DO APPROACH. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALL LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND INDIANAPOLIS NORTH TO NEAR MUNCIE. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS ALSO NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. MSL
Special weather statement, May 30, 6:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-302345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 645 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 1993 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 640 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM LOUISVILLE TO LEXINGTON...AND EXTENDED NORTH THROUGH CARROLL AND OWEN COUNTIES INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF GALLATIN AND GRANT COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL SPREAD INTO PENDLETON COUNTY AND NORTHERN PARTS OF GALLATIN AND GRANT COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY BY 730 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS DO APPROACH. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALL LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND INDIANAPOLIS NORTH TO NEAR MUNCIE. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WAS ALSO NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. MSL
Special weather statement, May 30, 7:40 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-310045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 740 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 1993 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE AREA THIS EVENING. AT 735 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR LOUISVILLE NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF BOONE...KENTON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL SPREAD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST OHIO COUNTIES OF HAMILTON...CLERMONT AND BROWN BY 800 PM. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS DO APPROACH. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALL LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN RICHMOND AND FORT WAYNE...AND OVER CENTRAL INDIANA NEAR INDIANAPOLIS AND BLOOMINGTON. SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE ALSO OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND JACKSON. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. MSL
Special weather statement, May 30, 7:40 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-310045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 740 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 1993 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE AREA THIS EVENING. AT 735 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR LOUISVILLE NORTHEAST ALONG THE OHIO RIVER INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF BOONE...KENTON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES IN THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL SPREAD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST OHIO COUNTIES OF HAMILTON...CLERMONT AND BROWN BY 800 PM. PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS DO APPROACH. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALL LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN RICHMOND AND FORT WAYNE...AND OVER CENTRAL INDIANA NEAR INDIANAPOLIS AND BLOOMINGTON. SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE ALSO OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN CINCINNATI AND JACKSON. ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS. MSL
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 minute before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-310115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 828 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL WERE MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE THIS EVENING. AT 815 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CINCINNATI SOUTHEAST TO NEAR MT ORAB OHIO OR 30 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI TO NEAR MAYSVILLE KENTUCKY OR 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS TO 46 MPH AT LUNKEN AIRPORT IN SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY AND PEA SIZED HAIL IN SHARONVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN CLINTON...HIGHLAND AND BROWN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO SHOULD PREPARE FOR SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS TO 45 MILES PER HOUR...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. TUNGESVICK
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-310115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 828 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 1993 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL WERE MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE THIS EVENING. AT 815 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CINCINNATI SOUTHEAST TO NEAR MT ORAB OHIO OR 30 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI TO NEAR MAYSVILLE KENTUCKY OR 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS TO 46 MPH AT LUNKEN AIRPORT IN SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY AND PEA SIZED HAIL IN SHARONVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN CLINTON...HIGHLAND AND BROWN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO SHOULD PREPARE FOR SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS TO 45 MILES PER HOUR...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. TUNGESVICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 28 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.