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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 24, 1994Morrow County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1994, 1:00 AM EST for Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 1994, 1:00 AM EST (06:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 1994, 2:00 AM EST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Morrow County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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, 1 hour 35 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, 1 hour 10 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

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 12:36 AM EST, 24 minutes before

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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, 12:33 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	42 min
Mar 24, 12:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Crawford	64 min
Mar 24, 1:19 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Knox, Richland	56 min

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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.