Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Wilmington, OH
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow | 50 min |
| May 24, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Richland | 36 min |
| May 24, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland | 34 min |
| May 24, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan, Shelby | 45 min |
| May 24, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 69 min |
| May 24, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Union | 29 min |
| May 24, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 25 min |
| May 24, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware | 34 min |
| May 24, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami | 52 min |
| May 24, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland | 25 min |
| May 24, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark | 33 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 40 min |
| May 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 37 min |
| May 24, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Miami | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 49 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Warren | 46 min |
| May 24, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Delaware | 3 hr |
| May 24, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 58 min |
| May 24, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Pickaway | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 3 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.