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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 316, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 15, 1995Darke County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 2:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Darke County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Jul 15, 10:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 10:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 12:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
INZ074-058-066-075-073-080-059-050-OHZ081-025-035-079-070-052-053-
078-072-042-046-065-063-055-062-077-026-080-074-056-044-054-034-
051-061-015-064-082-060-016-088-043-045-024-071-KYZ091-097-
093-089-090-095-092-100-099-094-096-201-152100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1254 PM EDT (1154 AM EST) SAT JUL 15 1995

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN INDIANA...
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 7 PM
EDT...WHICH IS ALSO 6 PM EST.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH WINDS
GUSTING TO OVER 55 MILES AN HOUR...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND DANGEROUS
HAIL COULD OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH A SMALL SURFACE TROUGH THAT
IS LYING OVER THE AREA HAVE COMBINED TO GIVE THE REGION THE POSSIBILITY
FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PLEASE KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER
OF UNKNOWN DEPTH AND BE AWARE THAT LIGHTNING CAN KILL.

DANGELO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke50 min
Jul 15, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble53 min
Jul 15, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami, Shelby64 min
Jul 15, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery45 min
Jul 15, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign64 min
Jul 15, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene39 min
Jul 15, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler64 min
Jul 15, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton54 min
Jul 15, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams47 min
Jul 15, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn49 min
Jul 15, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRipley43 min
Jul 15, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNSwitzerland54 min
Jul 15, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.