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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 24, 1995Holmes County, Knox County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1995, 5:01 PM EDT for Holmes County, Knox County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 1995, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1995, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Holmes County, OH, Knox County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 240 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 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 KCLE 242102
SVRCLE
OHC075-083-242200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
501 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...HOLMES COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY
 
AT 458 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM MILLERSBURG SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOUNT VERNON AND
CENTERBURG. THE STORMS WILL PERSIST AND SHIFT SLOWLY EAST OVER THE NEXT
HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
WOODWORTH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 9:48 AM EDT, 7 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 9:48 AM EDT, 7 hours 13 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
948 AM EDT WED MAY 24 1995

RW/TRW AGAIN MVG TWRD NW OH...STRONGEST ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW OVR IL...ALL
MVG NE. BOTH MDLS SHW FNT APPCH DAY BY 00Z. LOOKING AT KIND RDR...
SEEMS THAT ONLY TRW IN CVG WILL HAVE TO DVLP THIS AFT...NO ECHOS FROM
FORT WAYNE TO EVV SOUTH. WUD KEEP LO POP CHC/S FROM DAY TO CMH SOUTH.
MODIFIED DAY SNDG SHWD CAPE OF AROUND 600 WITH -4 LI/S.

WILL NOT MESS W/ P^REV AFD TEMPS.

CVG  85/65/79
DAY  80/62/73
CMH  84/62/74

FARINA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 1:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
OHZ079-052-053-072-046-065-063-055-062-026-080-074-056-044-054-
064-073-045-242300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
125 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995

THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
OHIO. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN OUR REGION:

HARDIN...LOGAN...FRANKLIN...LICKING...UNION...DELAWARE...MADISON
...FAIRFIELD...HOCKING...PICKAWAY...FAYETTE...ROSS...BROWN...
GREENE...CHAMPAIGN...HIGHLAND...CLARK... AND CLINTON

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEAT8HER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

FARINA
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
OHZ052-053-072-046-065-063-055-062-026-080-074-056-044-054-
064-073-045-242300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
138 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995

THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
OHIO. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN OUR REGION:

HARDIN...LOGAN...FRANKLIN...LICKING...UNION...DELAWARE...MADISON
...FAIRFIELD...HOCKING...PICKAWAY...FAYETTE...ROSS...
GREENE...CHAMPAIGN...HIGHLAND...CLARK... AND CLINTON

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

FARINA

CORRECTION TO REMOVE BROWN COUNTY FROM WATCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMorrow50 min
May 24, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRichland36 min
May 24, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAshland34 min
May 24, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan, Shelby45 min
May 24, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion69 min
May 24, 4:01 PM EDTTornado WarningILNUnion29 min
May 24, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign25 min
May 24, 4:11 PM EDTTornado WarningILNDelaware34 min
May 24, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Miami52 min
May 24, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAshland25 min
May 24, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClark33 min
May 24, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware40 min
May 24, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison37 min
May 24, 5:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMiami3 hr
May 24, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin49 min
May 24, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Warren46 min
May 24, 5:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNChampaign, Clark3 hr
May 24, 5:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDelaware3 hr
May 24, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene58 min
May 24, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Pickaway45 min
May 24, 7:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGreene, Montgomery3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.