Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1994, 12:33 AM EST for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 1994, 12:33 AM EST (05:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 1994, 1:15 AM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Darke County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAY 240533 SVRDAY OHC037-240615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 1233 AM EST THU MAR 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...DARKE COUNTY AT 1230 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTHEAST OF RICMOND INDIANA MOVING INTO SOUTHERN DARKE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VE~RY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 1 hour 8 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
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 11:50 PM EST, 43 minutes before
OHZ070>072-077>080-INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>097-099-240600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1145 PM EST WED MAR 23 1994 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES DEARBORN AND RIPLEY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG. AT 1130 EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RAPS DIAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 11:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 12:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Crawford | 64 min |
| Mar 24, 1:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 1:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Knox, Richland | 56 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.