Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1994, 5:39 PM EDT for Owen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1994, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1994, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Owen County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 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 282140 TORCVG KYC187-282215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 539 PM EDT THU APR 28 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CINCINNATI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH KENTUCKY ...OWEN COUNTY OWEN COUNTY POLICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR WARRENTON KENTUCKY ALONG STATE ROUTE 127. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN PORTIO OF OWEN COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF OWENTON. OWENTON IS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. A GOOD ALTERNATIVE SHELTER IS AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 28, 2:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 244 PM EDT (144 PM EST) THU APR 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AS WELL AS BOONE...CARROLL...GALLATIN AND KENTON COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM EDT(800 PM EST)... A TORNDAO WATCH MEANS THAT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA YOU NEED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. JOHNSTONE CORRECTED TO REMOVE EXTRA WORDING
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-290100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 302 PM EDT (202 PM EST) THU APR 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AS WELL AS BOONE...CARROLL...GALLATIN AND OWEN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM EDT(800 PM EST)... A TORNDAO WATCH MEANS THAT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA YOU NEED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION VERY CLOSELY AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. JOHNSTONE CORRECTED TO CHANGE KENTON TO OWEN COUNTY
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 336 PM EDT (236 PM EST) THU APR 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AS WELL AS BOONE...CARROLL...GALLATIN AND OWEN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM EDT(800 PM EST)... AT 330 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 90 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA...BETWEEN EVANSVILLE AND LOUISVILLE...OR AROUND J120 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 436 PM EDT (336 PM EST) THU APR 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AS WELL AS BOONE...CARROLL...GALLATIN AND OWEN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM EDT(800 PM EST)... AT 430 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 115 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 90 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI... TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF LOUISVILLE IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS IN THE WATCH AREA. PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA <WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. JOHNSTONE
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:03 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 503 PM EDT (403 PM EST) THU APR 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AS WELL AS BOONE...CARROLL...GALLATIN AND OWEN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM EDT(800 PM EST)... AT 500 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 100 MILE WIDE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE SEVERE...EXTENDING FROM 80 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...TO NEAR TELL CITY INDIANA...120 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LOUISVILLE TO TELL CITY INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS IN THE WATCH AREA. PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS. . STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. JOHNSTONE
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:23 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
INZ066-073-074-075-080-OHZ070-071-072-077-078-079-080-KYZ089-090- 091-092-093-094-095-096-097-099-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 522 PM EDT (422 PM EST) THU APR 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AS WELL AS BOONE...CARROLL...GALLATIN AND OWEN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM EDT(800 PM EST)... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN RIPLEY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN INDIANA. AT 515 PM EDT (415 EST) RADAR INDIATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE WEST OF FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN COUNTY BY 430 PM EST...AND RIPLEY COUNTY BETWEEN 430 AND 445 PM EST. RESIDENTS OF BOTH RIPLEY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA CAN EXPECT BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...VERY DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN UNTIL 500 PM EST. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO >IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS UNTIL 800 PM EST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. JOHNSTONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Grant | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 42 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.