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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 9, 1995Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1995, 12:24 AM EDT for Owen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1995, 12:24 AM EDT (04:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1995, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
51 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 00:00Z, 4.4 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 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 
WUUS01 KILN 090424 RRA
SVRILN
KYC187-090515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1224 AM EDT SUN APR 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...OWEN COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
INTO OWEN COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM ARE OWENTON AND NEW COLUMBUS. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM WHEN IT WAS IN HENRY COUNTY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO
NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 
&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll24 min
Apr 9, 12:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll38 min

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.