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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 10, 1995Clinton County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1995, 1:09 AM EDT for Clinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1995, 1:09 AM EDT (05:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1995, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Clinton County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 1995-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILN 100508 RRA
SVRILN
OHC027-100600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
109 AM EDT MON APR 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...CLINTON COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CLINTON
COUNTY. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE KINGMAN AND LUMBERTON.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS SINCE THEY CAN EASILY SHATTER IN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR APPLIANCES
UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
LOTT

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 Apr 9, 8:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 8:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
830 PM EDT SUN APR 9 1995

STRONG COLD FRONT HAS SENT TEMPS PLUMMETG TO MID 30S-UPPER 40S OVER CWA
THIS EVE. FRONT HAS OF COURSE STABLIZED AIRMASS AND MOIST DIV SHOWG UP
NOW WITH MOIST CONV WELL S NEAR PAH.  KILN 88D SHOWS RW-/SW- MAINLY N OF
I-70.  I DO NOT THINK T-STORMS WL OCCUR REST OF NIGHT...AND TEMPS AFTER
ALREADY TAKING THE PLUNGE WL FALL VERY SLOWLY EXCEPT IN THE FAR S.

MON SETTING UP TO BE A GOOD TEMP BUST DAY. 12Z ETA AND NGM KEEP FRONT
POISED TO OUR S MON MORN AND THEN INTO FAR S OH BY 00Z TUE.  N KY AND
SE IN MAY HEAT UP QUICKLY WHILE AREAS JUST N OF THE FNT STAY COOL.
FOR C OH AND EC IND HIGHS WL BE IN THE 50S AT BEST.  UPPER RIDGE BUILDS
OVR RGN MON IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENG TROF IN ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS.
FNT COULD BE FOCUS FOR A FEW T-STORMS BUT UPPER RIDGE/CAPPING MAY
OVERCOME.  WL HAVE TO MENTION CHC T-STORMS NEAR AND SOUTH OF FNT IN
S OH...N KY AND SE IN.

FNT PROGGED BY NGM AND ETA TO SURGE NORTH THRU CWA MON NGT. I EXPECT DRY
WX BEHIND FNT IN WARM SECTOR.  TUE IS SIZING UP TO BE A WILD DAY WITH
THERMAL RIDGE POKING INTO RGN...GULF MOISTURE AVAILABLE AND COLD
FRONT APPROACHING.  TUE LT AFT AND OVERNIGHT PD HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
BE BUSIER THAN THIS PAST WEEKEND EVENT.

SANDLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler39 min
Apr 9, 11:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette30 min
Apr 10, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren38 min
Apr 10, 12:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton27 min
Apr 10, 12:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler28 min
Apr 10, 12:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton54 min
Apr 10, 12:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery, Preble65 min
Apr 10, 1:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren38 min
Apr 10, 1:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler50 min
Apr 10, 1:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking38 min
Apr 10, 1:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren38 min
Apr 10, 2:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene29 min
Apr 10, 2:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison54 min
Apr 10, 2:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby47 min
Apr 10, 2:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren30 min
Apr 10, 2:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton42 min
Apr 10, 2:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin27 min
Apr 10, 6:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNShelby3 hr
Apr 10, 10:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNVan Wert3 hr

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.