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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 30, 1993Miami County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1993, 3:06 PM EDT for Miami County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1993, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1993, 3:56 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Miami County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 1993-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 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 1993-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDAY 301906
TORDAY
OHC109-302015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
306 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...MIAMI COUNTY
 
AT 303 PM EDT A TORNDAO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC TO THE SHERIFF OFFICE
NEAR LAURA IN SOUTHWEST MIAMI COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECT THE TIPP CITY BY 310 PM EDT.
 
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD 8WITH YOUR HANDS. BE CAREFUL OF
FLOODING IN DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM CULVERTS.
 
SHARTRAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 4:01 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClinton44 min
Jun 30, 4:27 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClinton, Highland33 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.