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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 29, 1994Pendleton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1994, 7:08 AM EDT for Pendleton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 1994, 7:08 AM EDT (11:08 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 1994, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Pendleton County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 349 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 487 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCVG 291109
SVRCVG
KYC191-291200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
708 AM EDT FRI APR 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...PENDLETON COUNTY
 
AT 705 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST OVER NORTHERN PENDLETON COUNTY OF NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...25 MILES SOUTH OF CINCINNATI.
 
THIS STORM PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL AT DRY RIDGE KENTUCKY AND HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS SINCE THEY CAN EASILY SHATTER IN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR APPLIANCES
UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
 
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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, Apr 29, 5:34 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

OHZ036-045-046-054>057-063>067-073>075-084-291030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
532 AM EDT FRI APR 29 1994

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO.

AT 530 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED
A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES
NORTH OF MANSFIELD...THROUGH COLUMBUS TO WEST UNION IN ADAMS COUNTY.  THTHUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

A RAPIDLY MOVING THUNDERSTORM PASSED OVER PORT COLUMBUS AIRPORT DROPPING
OVER A TENTH OF RAIN IN JUST FOUR MINUTES.  THIS THUNDERSTORM BRIEFLY
REDUCED THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER OF A MILE.  THESE STORMS MAY
PROjDUCE GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 35 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED
FOR THESE CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

ONDREJIK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 6:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Kenton	47 min
Apr 29, 6:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Owen	44 min
Apr 29, 6:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin	51 min
Apr 29, 6:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Campbell	49 min
Apr 29, 6:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1994 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.