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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 23, 1995Dearborn County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1995, 12:01 AM EST for Dearborn County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 1995, 12:01 AM EST (05:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 1995, 12:45 AM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Dearborn County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1995-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 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 
TTAA00 KILN 230502 RRA
SVRILN
INC029-230545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1201 AM EST THU MAR 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
 
   ...DEARBORN COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DILLSBORO OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST
OF CINCINNATI. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE
TOWNS OF WILMINGTON AND LAWRENCEBURG ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND
CAN EXPECT DIME SIZE HAIL.
 
 
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.

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 Mar 22, 8:45 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 8:45 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
845 PM EST WED MAR 22 1995

CLDS ARE INCG FM THE W AND SW ATTM. DOPPLER DOES NOT INDICATE PRECIP
IN ILN CWA ATTM BUT IS APCHG SE IND AND N KY. CURRENT FCSTS FOR CWA
LK GD.

PARKER

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.