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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 15, 1994Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 12:12 PM EDT for Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 1994, 12:12 PM EDT (16:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 1994, 12:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Warren County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 151613
TORCVG
OHC165-151645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH
1212 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...WARREN COUNTY
 
OFFICIALS IN THE SHARONVILLE AREA REPORT A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT
1207 PM. IN ADDITION WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL
CLOUDS OVER NORTHASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING INTO
WARREN COUNTY NEAR FIELDS ERTEL ROAD.
 
 
THIS TORNADO WARNING MEANS YOU ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER. TAKE COVER
NOW. BASEMENTS OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. SMALL ROOMS...CLOSETS
OR INTERIOR BATHROOMS NEAR THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS ARE GOOD
ALTERNATIVES. REMEMBER THAT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN ALSO OCCUR NEAR TORNADOES.
 
 
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, 2 hours 5 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, 1 hour 45 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, 11:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Knox, Richland	63 min
Apr 15, 11:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	59 min
Apr 15, 11:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	52 min
Apr 15, 11:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Warren	68 min
Apr 15, 11:59 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Hamilton	31 min
Apr 15, 12:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont	65 min
Apr 15, 12:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	57 min
Apr 15, 12:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont	38 min
Apr 15, 12:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton	42 min
Apr 15, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Highland	59 min
Apr 15, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Crawford	60 min
Apr 15, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Knox	34 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.