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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 23, 1994Hardin County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1994, 11:32 PM EST for Hardin County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 1994, 11:32 PM EST (04:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 1994, 12:30 AM EST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hardin County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 1994-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1994-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Mar 23, 11:25 PM EST, 7 minutes before
OHZ070>072-077>080-INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>097-099-240500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1120 PM EST WED MAR 23 1994

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES DEARBORN AND RIPLEY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA
AND INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO
INDIANAPOLIS` AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST.

RAPS
LIGHTNING HAD ALREADY BEGUN AT THE CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

DIAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 12:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke42 min
Mar 24, 12:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCrawford64 min
Mar 24, 1:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMorrow60 min
Mar 24, 1:19 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNKnox, Richland56 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.