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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 23, 1994Mercer County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1994, 4:16 PM EDT for Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1994, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1994, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Mercer County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1994-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1259 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDAY 232016
TORDAY
OHC107-232115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
416 PM EDT THU JUN 23 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...MERCER COUNTY
 
AT 415 PM EDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN JAY COUNTY INDIANA
NEAR PORTLAND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST INTO MERCER COUNTY. NO SPEED WAS
GIVEN ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD... CHEST AND EXPOSED SKIN.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND
PUT0 AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM.
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
SHARTRAN
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 12:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery63 min
Jun 23, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler46 min
Jun 23, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren25 min
Jun 23, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler54 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.