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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 26, 1995Clermont County, Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT for Clermont County, Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1995, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1995, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clermont County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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, 10:00 AM EDT, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 10:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:00 PM EDT, 2 hours before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>073-077>080-
INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-270000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
100 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...THE
WHITEWATER VALLEY...SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

FARINA
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>073-077>080-
INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-270000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
100 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...THE
WHITEWATER VALLEY...SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.
EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

FARINA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble45 min
Jul 26, 2:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNShelby43 min
Jul 26, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler51 min
Jul 26, 2:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMontgomery54 min
Jul 26, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery54 min
Jul 26, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton46 min
Jul 26, 2:49 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClark, Greene56 min
Jul 26, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler60 min
Jul 26, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion54 min
Jul 26, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene27 min
Jul 26, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette54 min
Jul 26, 4:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFranklin, Union2 hr
Jul 26, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Ross49 min
Jul 26, 12:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWayne39 min
Jul 26, 4:46 PM EDTSevere 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.