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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 15, 1994Carroll County, Gallatin County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 11:17 AM EDT for Carroll County, Gallatin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 1994, 11:17 AM EDT (15:17 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 1994, 11:45 AM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 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 151519
TORCVG
KYC041-077-151545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1117 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY...GALLATIN COUNTY
 
REPORTS FROM POLICE IN CARROLL COUNTY REPORT A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER
WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL MOVE ACROSS CARROLL COUNTY BY 1130 AM EDT AND INTO WESTERN
GALLATIN COUNTY.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. YOUR QUICK REACTION TO THIS TORNADO
WARNING MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES.
 
 
JOHNSTONE
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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, Apr 15, 10:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

OHZ036-045-046-054-055-056-057-063-064-065-066-067-073-074-075-
084-151515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
1006 AM EDT FRI APR 15 1994

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM FOR
FAYETTE...MADISON...MARION... AND UNION COUNTIES OF CENTRAL OHIO.

AT 1000 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS
AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MADISON AND WESTERN PICKAWAY
COUNTIES DOWN ACROSS CENTRAL ROSS COUNTY.  THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL EXTEND FROM
COLUMBUS TO CIRCLEVILLE TO EASTERN ROSS COUNTY BY 1030 AM.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

GROH

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:27 AM EDT, 50 minutes before

INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090-
091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-151630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1034 AM EDT (934 AM EST) FRI APR 15 1994

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CINCINNATI TRISTATE
UNTIL 400 PM EDT (300 PM EST).

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR THE POSSIBLE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES.  NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE COME FROM PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS MORNING.

AT 1015 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MUNCIE INDIANA...75 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CINCINNATI...TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE LEADING EDGE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS 15 MILES WEST OF WESTERN RIPLEY COUNTY INDIANA.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF A. TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

JOHNSTONE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 11:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin	56 min
Apr 15, 11:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Owen	69 min
Apr 15, 11:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone	44 min
Apr 15, 11:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant	52 min
Apr 15, 11:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton	62 min
Apr 15, 12:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken	65 min
Apr 15, 12:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mason	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.