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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 16, 1995Franklin County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1995, 10:18 PM EDT for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 1995, 10:18 PM EDT (02:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 1995, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Franklin County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3600 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 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 170219 RRA
SVRILN
OHC049-170300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1018 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
AT 1019 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR UPPER ARLINGTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20
MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MINERVA PARK...NORTHERN COLUMBUS
AND GOULD PARK.
 
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.
 
 
GALLAGHER

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 16, 8:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 8:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
840 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995

DID NOT HAVE ANY TIME TO LK AT MDLS. TSTM ACTIVITY ACRS N PART
OF CWA. ISOLD STG TO SVR TSTMS FM CMH AREA WEST TO BLOOMINGTON
IN. STORMS MOVG E 15 TO 20 MPH.

PARKER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 10:18 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

INZ074-058-066-075-073-080-059-050-OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-
042>046-051>055-060>064-070>073-077>082-088-170500

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1017 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR OHIO AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS
   EXPIRED...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION BUT THE
THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY ADDITIONAL WARNINGS THAT
MAY BE ISSUED TONIGHT.

FARINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pickaway	53 min
Jul 16, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Highland	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1995 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.