Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 3:55 AM EDT for Butler County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 3:55 AM EDT (07:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 4:40 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 981 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Apr 27, 1:57 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-270740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 155 AM EDT (1250 AM EST) WED APR 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT (300 AM EST) FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA... AT 150 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SCATTERED BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 80 MILES WIDE IN FAR WESTERN INDIANA. THE BAND EXTENDED FROM 180 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...TO 170 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE YET REPORTED IN THE WATCH AREA...BUT THE STORMS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN INDIANA WERE MOVING MOSTLY EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE. SOUTHEAST INDIANA CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO ENTER THE AREA BETWEEN 300 AM AND 400 AM EDT (200 AM AND 300 AM EST). . REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR EVEN TORNADOES TO OCCUR WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. DIAN
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 2:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-270845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 240 AM EDT (140 AM EST) WED APR 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 400 AM EDT (300 AM EST)... AT 230 AM EDT(130 AM EST)...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A 50 MILE WIDE BAND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM FORT WAYNE INDIANA...TO 100 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE OVER WESTERN AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH WESTERN RIPLEY...FRANKLIN AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA BETWEEN 330 AND 430 AM EDT (230 AND 330 AM EST). STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER FOR FURhTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. DIAN
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:38 AM EDT, 17 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-270945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 338 AM EDT (238 AM EST) WED APR 27 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 400 AM EDT (300 AM EST)... AT 330 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A 65 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM STRONG AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE BAND EXTENDED FROM 125 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...TO 95 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS INTO CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND RIPLEY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SHOULD REACH DEARBORN COUNTY BY 400 AM EDT (300 AM EST). PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN YOUR AREA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. DIAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 4:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 69 min |
| Apr 27, 4:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami, Montgomery, Shelby | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 4:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 5:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland, Richland | 51 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.