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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 21, 1995Franklin County, Union County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 5:40 PM EDT for Franklin County, Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, OH, Union County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 212143 RRA
SVRILN
OHC049-159-212245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
540 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY...UNION COUNTY
 
AT 539 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
REDEVELOPING POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF
COLUMBUS. AS THIS STORM CONTINUE TO DEVELOP LARGE HAIL WIND GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.
 
SAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 11:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking40 min
Jun 20, 11:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield45 min
Jun 20, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking35 min
Jun 20, 11:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway51 min
Jun 21, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin51 min
Jun 21, 12:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison41 min
Jun 21, 1:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto28 min
Jun 21, 2:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike34 min
Jun 21, 4:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont50 min
Jun 21, 5:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHamilton45 min
Jun 21, 5:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton45 min
Jun 21, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan, Union62 min
Jun 21, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami, Shelby59 min
Jun 21, 1:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLogan, Union4 hr
Jun 21, 2:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler, Preble2 hr
Jun 21, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Preble2 hr
Jun 21, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan, Union2 hr
Jun 21, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin63 min
Jun 21, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison59 min
Jun 21, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware69 min
Jun 21, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer, Shelby56 min
Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin60 min
Jun 21, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery, Preble58 min
Jun 21, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler67 min
Jun 21, 3:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDelaware63 min
Jun 21, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware63 min
Jun 21, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion58 min
Jun 21, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison52 min
Jun 21, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery, Preble57 min
Jun 21, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton65 min
Jun 21, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware61 min
Jun 21, 5:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDelaware4 hr
Jun 21, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler67 min
Jun 21, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer, Shelby58 min
Jun 21, 5:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer, Shelby4 hr
Jun 21, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Madison63 min
Jun 21, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren62 min
Jun 21, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware60 min
Jun 21, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery, Preble60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.