Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1993, 10:38 PM EDT for Knox County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1993, 10:38 PM EDT (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1993, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 030239 TORMFD OHC083-030345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH ISSUED BY CLEVELAND OH 1038 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...KNOX COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MANSFIELD IN RICHLAND COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN KNOX COUNTY. THE PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR MT. VERNON AT 1010 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. SOME OF THE NEAVIER STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY CROSSED DELEWARE COUNTY BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS....BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. DEB &
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, Jul 2, 7:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 745 PM EDT (645 PM EST) FRI JUL 2 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT (1000 PM EST)... ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 735 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 140 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM WINCHESTER KENTUCKY 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI...TO 70 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. THESE STORMS HAVE WEAKED SLIGHTLY SINCE 530 PM EDT. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM DAYTON OHIO...TO 75 MILES NORTH OF DAYTON. AN ADDITIONAL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...TO 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING AFTER 900 PM EDT. PERSONS WITHIN THE TRI STATE SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR ANY POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING. DIAN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-020100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 804 PM EDT THU JUL 1 1993 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR UNION...MADISON...AND FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM EDT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL OHIO TONIGHT. AT 755 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY FROM GREENE AND CLINTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF FAYETTE COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING STRIKES... GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY COULD REACH THE COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 930 PM AND 10 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS WESTERN OHIO...AND WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL OHIO AND REACH UNION AND MARION COUNTIES BETWEEN 10 PM AND 11 PM. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD SEEK INSIDE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL LIKELY CAUSE MORE FLOODING. PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND NEAR STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GROH
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-030145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 848 PM EDT (748 PM EST) FRI JUL 2 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT (1000 PM EST)... ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING... AT 840 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY...MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND MUCH OF WESTERN OHIO. STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY SINCE 730 PM EDT. THE STORMS POSING THE GREATES THREAT TO THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA WAS A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM RICHMOND INDIANA...TO 60 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING MOSTLY EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THE TRI STATE IS HEAVY RAIN. ONE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED ONE INCH OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES NEAR THE BORDER OF JENNINGS AND RIPLEY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA. STORMS WITHIN THIS BAND ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DIAN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-030145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 848 PM EDT (748 PM EST) FRI JUL 2 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA UNTIL 1100 PM EDT (1000 PM EST)... ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING... AT 840 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY...MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND MUCH OF WESTERN OHIO. STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY SINCE 730 PM EDT. THE STORMS POSING THE GREATES THREAT TO THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA WAS A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM RICHMOND INDIANA...TO 60 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING MOSTLY EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SLIGHTLY...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THE TRI STATE IS HEAVY RAIN. ONE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED ONE INCH OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES NEAR THE BORDER OF JENNINGS AND RIPLEY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA. STORMS WITHIN THIS BAND ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. DIAN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:54 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 953 PM EDT (853 PM EST) FRI JUL 2 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA EXCEPT FOR OHIO AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1100 PM EDT . ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO OVERNIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA TONIGHT... AT 945 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF WEAKENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 170 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM 125 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI...TO 50 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED SINCE 830 PM EDT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WAS PASSING THROUGH THE GREATER CINCINATI AREA. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...BUT THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WAS THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS WITHIN THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER EVENT. DIAN
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 9:54 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 953 PM EDT (853 PM EST) FRI JUL 2 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA EXCEPT FOR OHIO AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1100 PM EDT . ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO OVERNIGHT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA TONIGHT... AT 945 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LARGE AREA OF WEAKENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 170 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM 125 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI...TO 50 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED SINCE 830 PM EDT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WAS PASSING THROUGH THE GREATER CINCINATI AREA. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...BUT THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WAS THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS WITHIN THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER EVENT. DIAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mercer | 4 hr |
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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.