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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 28, 1995Allen County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 8:47 PM EDT for Allen County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 1995, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Allen County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 1984 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 8.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILN 290045
SVRILN
OHC137-003-290130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
847 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...PUTNAM AND ALLEN COUNTY
 
AT 845 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MIDDLEPORT
MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE ALONG THE PUTNAM
ALLEN COUNTY LINE. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...ARE COLUMBUS GROVE
AND PANDORA.
 
WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM..R.MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS SINCE THEY CAN EASILY SHATTER IN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR APPLIANCES
UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
FARINA

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 28, 8:11 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 8:11 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
810 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

LTST SFC ANLYS SHWS STACKED LO OVR SRN WI WITH ASCD CDFNT FM NE
IN SWRD INTO SE MO. INSTBLTY AXIS AHD OF FNTL BNDRY ACRS WRN OH WHERE
AMS IS MDTLY UNSTBL WITH LI/S TO -6. STGST STMS HV FIRED ACRS LWR MI
WHERE MST FVRBL JET DYNAMICS EXISTS. ATTM NO SVR ACTVTY FM THESE STMS.

ADAP SHWS MSTR CNVGNC AXIS ORIENTED FM NW OH THRU SW IN ALNG AND AHD OF
FNTL BNDRY. LTST 88D SHWS CNVTN BGNG TO DVLP ALNG FNT FM NW OH AND ACRS
WRN KY. VIL HS INCRSD TO 45 KG/MM OVR NW OH WITH HVY RAIN REPORTED. VIL
OF DAY SHUD BE NR 50. XPCT TSTMS TO FILL IN ACRS IN AND MOV INTO WRN OH
THIS EVE. TWO FINGER METHOD HS FNT TO DAY AND CVG ARND 03Z AND TO CMH
ARND 05Z. WUD LIKE TO CONT MENT OF PSBL STG STMS TIL FROPA. BEST SFC WND
GRAD INDICATED BY SANGSTER CHART ACRS W VA AND WRN PA. WND ACRS OH FA
HAS BEEN IN THE 15 TO 25 KT RANGE SO WUD LIKE HI WND ADVSY DROPPED WITH
EVE PACKAGE. TEMPS LUK GOOD BUT MAY WANT TO ADJ CVG ZONE TO LOW OF 60
TO 65.

RANDALL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 7:49 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-043-044-042-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-
080-290400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
748 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH
   MIDNIGHT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL AND
   SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND DARKE COUNTY IN OHIO AND CARROLL COUNTY IN
   KENTUCKY...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY
EVENING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN
WERT...ALLEN...MERCER...AUGLAIZE...HARDIN...SHELBY AND LOGAN.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA
AND BEEN CANCELLED. ALSO DARKE COUNTY IN OHIO AND CARROLL COpUNTY IN
KENTUCKY HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

FARINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Mercer	42 min
May 28, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Shelby	53 min
May 28, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Preble	46 min
May 28, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Shelby	55 min
May 28, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler	44 min
May 28, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	45 min
May 28, 11:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Butler	49 min
May 28, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Crawford	2 hr
May 28, 11:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Logan	48 min
May 28, 11:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	55 min
May 29, 12:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Warren	45 min
May 29, 12:05 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Butler	40 min
May 29, 12:15 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Hamilton	45 min
May 29, 12:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Warren	43 min
May 29, 12:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Morrow, Richland	65 min
May 29, 12:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton, Warren	3 hr
May 29, 12:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Clinton	59 min
May 29, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	30 min
May 29, 1:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette	37 min
May 29, 1:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ashland	46 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.