Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 12:22 PM EDT for Brown County, Clermont County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 12:22 PM EDT (16:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCVG 151623 TORCVG OHC015-025-151700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 1222 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST OHIO ...BROWN COUNTY...CLERMONT COUNTY REPORTS INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNAD TOUCHDOWN NEAR OWENSVILLE IN CLERMONT COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO BROWN COUNTY BY 1230 PM EDT. 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 INTERIORR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES. JOHNSTONE &
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 15 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 55 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
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 12:17 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
OHZ036-045-046-054>057-063>067-073>075-084-151715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 1216 PM EDT FRI APR 15 1994 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF OHIO UNTIL 4 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF OHIO UNTIL 7 PM EDT. AT 1212 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN OHIO AND MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO AT THIS TIME...THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORMS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. WITH SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS AND EXPECTED HEAY RAIN...FLASH FLOODING COULD ALSO OCCUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AN4D YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. ONDREJIK
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, 12:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 12:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 57 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 |
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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.