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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 8, 1995Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1995, 2:53 PM EDT for Owen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 3:11 PM EDT
In force
18 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, 6.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1212 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
1212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 8, 2:15 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:15 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
215 PM EDT THU JUN 8 1995

SVR WX ON 88D...NO TIME FOR AFD.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
INZ074-058-066-075-073-080-050-OHZ081-079-070-078-072-077-080-082-
088-071-KYZ091-097-093-089-090-095-092-100-099-094-096-201-081645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1139 AM EDT (1039 AM EST) THU JUN 8 1995

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY INDICATES
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERKENTUCKY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  WARM AND
VERY MOIST AIR WAS ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION AND THE ATMOSPHERE
WAS QUITE UNSTABLE.

THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR SOME STORMS OVER SOUTHERN OHIO...SOUTHEAST
INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY TO BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.

TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON
THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER.  THE AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER NETWORK MAY
NEED TO BE ACTIVATED TODAY FOR THE IMPENDING SEVERE WEATHER.

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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, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer45 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, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant34 min
Jun 8, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Mason36 min
Jun 8, 5:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLewis4 hr

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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.