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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 30, 1993Clinton County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1993, 4:01 PM EDT for Clinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1993, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1993, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Clinton County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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

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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, Jun 30, 3:12 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-301930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OHIO
311 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993

THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO FIRE OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND WILL
MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO DURING THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON.

AT 300 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED ON WEATHER
SERVICE RADAR OVER THE MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY
WAS BETWEEN MIDDLETOWN OHIO 35 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...AND LIMA
OHIO 110 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI. THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS MOVING
ALMOST DUE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED ABUNDANT SUNSHINE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...
THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE. HUMIDITIES WERE ALSO
VERY HIGH ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...AND WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS
THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER...TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL ALSO BE A THREAT AS IT
MOVES INTO THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE THIS AFTERNOON.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OUTDOOR PLANS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING...
YOU WILL WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY. PEOPLE WHO ARE NEAR LOW SPOTS AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS WILL ALSO WANT TO KEEP CLOSE TABS ON WATER LEVELS.

TO GET ALL THE LATEST DETAILS ON THHESE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...
TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATION.

PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:46 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-302045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
346 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO AND
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 552 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF
THE CINCINNATI METROPOLITAN AREA...INCLUDING SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA.

BETWEEN 320 PM AND 340 PM EDT...SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED IN LEMON TOWNSHIP IN BUTLER COUNTY AND ALSO IN EXTREME
NORTHWEST WARREN COUNTY.  PEOPLE IN WARREN AND BUTLER COUNTIES IN OHIO
SHOULD HEAD INDOORS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS
MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE A TORNADO TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL
UPDATES ON THIS VOLATILE SITUATION.

PYTLAK/POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
INZ013-OHZ008-KYZ005-302045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
346 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO AND
NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 552 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF
THE CINCINNATI METROPOLITAN AREA...INCLUDING SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA.

BETWEEN 320 PM AND 340 PM EDT...SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE
BEEN RECEIVED IN LEMON TOWNSHIP IN BUTLER COUNTY AND ALSO IN EXTREME
NORTHWEST WARREN COUNTY.  PEOPLE IN WARREN AND BUTLER COUNTIES IN OHIO
SHOULD HEAD INDOORS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS
MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER THAT IT DOES NOT TAKE A TORNADO TO PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAI
L...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL
UPDATES ON THIS VOLATILE SITUATION.

PYTLAK/POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:56 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-302100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
356 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO.

SOME CITIES IN THIS WATCH AREA ARE COLUMBUS...PORTSMOUTH...CIRCLEVILLE..
AND MARYSVILLE.

AT 350 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTROMS IN CENTRAL OHIO.  THE STRONGEST STROMS WERE LOCATED IN
FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE.

THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PICKAWAY AND
ROSS COUNTIES BY 415 PM EDT.

THESE STORMS CAN CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WIND NEAR 50
MILES AN HOUR.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ONDREJIK
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:58 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-302100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
356 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO.

SOME CITIES IN THIS WATCH AREA ARE COLUMBUS...PORTSMOUTH...CIRCLEVILLE..
AND MARYSVILLE.

AT 350 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTROMS IN CENTRAL OHIO.  THE STRONGEST STROMS WERE LOCATED IN
FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE.

THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PICKAWAY AND
ROSS COUNTIES BY 415 PM EDT.

THESE STORMS CAN CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WIND NEAR 50
MTILES AN HOUR.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ONDREJIK
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-302100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
401 PM EDT WED JUN 30 1993

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO.

SOME CITIES IN THIS WATCH AREA ARE COLUMBUS...PORTSMOUTH...CIRCLEVILLE..
AND MARYSVILLE.

AT 350 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL OHIO.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN
FAYETTE COUNTY NEAR WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PICKAWAY AND
ROSS COUNTIES BY 415 PM EDT.

THESE STORMS CAN CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WIND NEAR 50
MILES AN HOUR.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ONDREJIK

CORRECTED FOR SPELLING IN THIRD PARAGRAPH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 3:06 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMiami50 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.