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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 7, 1995Mercer County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT for Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Mercer County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1464 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
1464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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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 Jun 7, 3:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
320 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995

DIFFICULT FCST FOR THE NEXT 48 HRS.  CLOSED UPPER LOW IN THE GT BASIN
WL OPEN UP AND LIFT NE AS RIDGE BUILDS (588 HT) ACROSS E U.S.  WITH
SUCH A STRONG RIDGE...ONLY WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVE THRU CWA...MAINLY
LT TNGT AND THU NGT.  MEANWHILE...AT THE SFC A COOL FNT SHOULD MOVE
ACROSS CWA TNGT AND THU MORN INTO KY THEN POSS AS FAR S AS TN BORDER
THU NGT.  MUCH COOLER AIR LAGGING FNT ATTM BUT ADDITIONAL CLDS FOR
THU WL ALLOW TEMPS TO BE COOLER IN THE S (SHALLOW COOL AIR) WHILE
AROUND LIMA IT WL BE MUCH COOLER COMPARED TO TODAY.

REAL PROBLEM IS TRW/RW CHC.  ALTHOUGH STABLE WELL N OF THE FNT...WE
MUST WATCH OUT FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION (SHOWALTER) POTENTIAL ACROSS
MUCH OF CWA.  SOME LIFT WITH FNT NRBY COULD PRODUCE TRW.  WL GO WITH
LOW POPS FOR MUCH OF PD AND PLAY UP CLD COVER.  AIRMASS MAY BE CAPPED
S OF FNT ON FRI SO PS MAY WORK FOR FAR S...HOWEVfER AM STILL CONCERNED
ABOUT CONVECTION TO OUR W ADVECTING IN.
^
CVG  67/82/65/84
DAY  66/78/62/79
CMH  66/79/62/81

SANDLER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
OHZ025-035-052-042-026-044-034-051-015-016-043-024-080400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
703 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND
PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS COVERING MUCH OF THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND
A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH INTO NORTHERN OHIO WILL HELP KICK OFF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY
THIS EVENING.  SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

AS A RESULT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR:
PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT...ALLEN...HARDIN...MERCER...AUGLAIZE
...SHELBY...LOGAN...DARKE...MIAMI AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT
EDT.

PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HYSELL
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
OHZ025-035-052-042-026-044-034-051-015-016-043-024-080400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
703 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND
PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS COVERING MUCH OF THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND
A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH INTO NORTHERN OHIO WILL HELP KICK OFF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY
THIS EVENING.  SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

AS A RESULT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR:
PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT...ALLEN...HARDIN...MERCER...AUGLAIZE
...SHELBY...LOGAN...DARKE...MIAMI AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT
EDT.

PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HYSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNVan Wert42 min
Jun 7, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer41 min
Jun 7, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize44 min
Jun 7, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby48 min
Jun 7, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHuron, Richland42 min
Jun 7, 9:06 PM EDTTornado WarningILNVan Wert39 min
Jun 7, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize47 min
Jun 7, 9:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer3 hr
Jun 7, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby49 min
Jun 7, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan57 min
Jun 7, 10:00 PM EDTTornado WarningILNChampaign, Logan, Shelby45 min
Jun 8, 12:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer, Shelby5 hr
Jun 8, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer, Van Wert41 min
Jun 8, 1:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize40 min
Jun 8, 1:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby65 min
Jun 8, 1:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize3 hr
Jun 8, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler48 min
Jun 8, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Highland52 min
Jun 8, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton30 min
Jun 8, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss36 min
Jun 8, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOwen18 min
Jun 8, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant34 min
Jun 8, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Mason36 min
Jun 8, 5:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLewis4 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.