Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1994, 1:20 PM EDT for Morrow County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1994, 1:20 PM EDT (17:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1994, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 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 12:00Z, 5.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 951 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 KMFD 161718 TORMFD OHC117-161745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 120 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MANSFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...MORROW COUNTY AT 120 PM EDT A REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE MORROW COUNTY SHERIFF OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR 1-71 IN SOUTHERN MORROW COUNTY. THE STORM PRODUCING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. PROTECbT YOUR HEAD... CHEST AND EXPOSED SKIN. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM. AVOID WINDOWS. BARNES NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
1155 AM EDT THU JUN 16 1994
ALL TIMES TYPE OF DAMAGE LOCATION SOURCE
ARE LOCAL
06/16 1100 TREES DOWN WASHINGTON COURT SPOTTERS
HOUSE
06/16 1132 2 FOOT DIA. WASHINGTON COURT SPOTTERS
TREES DOWN HOUSE
AVERYLocal storm report, Jun 16, 12:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1202 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994
PRELIMINARY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM 6/16/94
ALL TIMES TYPE OF DAMAGE LOCATION SOURCE
ARE LOCAL
06/16 1048 AM LARGE TREE/POWER STONELICK TWP. DISPATCHER
EDT LINES DOWN CLERMONT CO
JOHNSTONELocal storm report, Jun 16, 12:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1202 PM EDT THU JUN 16 1994
PRELIMINARY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM 6/16/94
ALL TIMES TYPE OF DAMAGE LOCATION SOURCE
ARE LOCAL
06/16 1048 AM LARGE TREE/POWER STONELICK TWP. DISPATCHER
EDT LINES DOWN CLERMONT CO
JOHNSTONESpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 12:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-161715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1218 PM EDT (1118 AM EST) THU JUN 16 1994 ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF GRANT AND PENDLETON COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 50 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF CINCINNATI. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST PENDLETON COUNTY KENTUCKY AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY KENTUCKY...JUST NORTH OF DRY RIDGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...DANGEROULIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING HEAVY RAINS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS SOME HIGH WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY...AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN PICK UP YOUR VEHICLE AND WASH IT DOWNSTREAM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. JOHNSTONE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:21 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-161715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1218 PM EDT (1118 AM EST) THU JUN 16 1994 ...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF GRANT AND PENDLETON COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 50 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF CINCINNATI. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST PENDLETON COUNTY KENTUCKY AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY KENTUCKY...JUST NORTH OF DRY RIDGE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING HEAVY RAINS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS SOME HIGH WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY...AS LITTLE AS TWO FEET OF MOVING WATER CAN PICK UP YOUR VEHICLE AND WASH IT DOWNSTREAM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. JOHNSTONE CORRECTED TYPO
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:46 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-161745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1245 PM EDT (1145 AM EST) THU JUN 16 1994 ...FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWESTERN OHIO THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING IN THE TRI-STATE REGION... AT 1230 PM EDT (1130 AM EST) WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING VERY SLOWLY THROUGH THE TRI-STATE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR. OTHER AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FIRING UP OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA IN JENNINGS...DECATUR...AND WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA. THIS IS ABOUT 35 MILES TO THE WEST OF CINCINNATI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. TRI-STATE RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. IF A ROADWAY BECOMES COVERED WITH WATER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT. RFK &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 10:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Richland | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Knox | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Knox | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 57 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.