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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 26, 1995Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 11:21 AM EST for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 11:21 AM EST (16:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 12:00 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 920 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
920 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 26, 9:00 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 9:00 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1000 AM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

FEW CU OVR NRN AND ERN PTNS OF FA WTH SM ISOLD RW- TO NW. 13Z SFC ANALYSIS
SHOWS FNT ACRS GTLKS. SLOW MOVING LOW OVR CHI AREA PROGGED TO MOVE INTO
FA BY LATE AFTN.  NGM SLGTLY FASTER WTH MOVMT OF LO...SO WL HAVE TO SEE
NEW MDL RUN. PLENTY OF SUN AROUND WTH AM FOG BURNED OFF THRU MOST OF AREA.
MODIFIED DAY SDNG HAS CAPES NR 1700 J/KG AND AN LI OF -6. STRONG CAA IN
MID LVLS ALSO. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF WINDS/SHEAR...SO LOOKS LIKE MAINLY
PULSE TYPE ACTIVITY TDY. S/W MOVES E OF FA ON THU...THO SLOWLY...SO STILL
CHC RW-/TRW- THRU CNTRL/SRN OH IN FA. GUID TMPS LOOK GOOD.

DIAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 12:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble45 min
Jul 26, 1:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNShelby43 min
Jul 26, 1:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler51 min
Jul 26, 1:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNMontgomery54 min
Jul 26, 1:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery54 min
Jul 26, 1:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton46 min
Jul 26, 1:49 PM ESTTornado WarningILNClark, Greene56 min
Jul 26, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Warren60 min
Jul 26, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler60 min
Jul 26, 2:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion54 min
Jul 26, 2:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene27 min
Jul 26, 2:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette54 min
Jul 26, 3:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNFranklin, Union2 hr
Jul 26, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Ross49 min
Jul 26, 3:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMason29 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.