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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 28, 1994Montgomery County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1994, 7:12 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 1994, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1994, 7:41 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 1994-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 182 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 1994-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 KDAY 282314
TORDAY
OHC113-290000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
712 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 710 PM EDT MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS AND SYKWARN
SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY WHICH MAY BE PRODUCING THE FUNNEL CLOUDS. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH.
 
 
 
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
PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM.
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
PADGETT
 
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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

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
OHZ044-052-281945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
236 PM EDT THU JUL 28 1994

SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 235 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED
RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN OHIO WITH THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST ONE HOUR.

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND SEEK
SHELTER WHEN A THUNDERSTORM IS IN YOUR AREA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS.

RCB

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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.