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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 11, 1995Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 5:32 PM EDT for Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1995, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1995, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 1995-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 11, 3:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 3:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
230 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995

SWOMCD OUT FOR CWA...BUT THINK SYNOPTIC WINDS WILL BE MAIN PLAYER LT
AFT AND TONITE. MOD 12Z DAY SOUNDING NOT VERY UNSTABLE...CAPES AROUND
400 FOR LT AFT. KLVX VWP SHWS 60 KTS WINDS AR 4 TO 5 KFT AND AS SAID
BEFORE THIS SHUD BE MAIN THREAT FOR LATER.

FNT TO MV THRU CVG...DAY...TOL SHRTLY BEFORE 12Z AND FNTL PASS THRU CMH
BEFORE 15Z. DRYING IS QUICK BEHIND FNT. TSTMS POSS IN CWA UNTIL FNT MVS
THRU...AND AS 500 COLD POCKET GOES BY TO NORTH CUD BE TRW IN NW OH
ZONES.

GOOD WRAP AR MOIST ON GRIDDED DATA W/ PVA STILL PRESENT THRU 48 HRS.
CONTD CHC FOR RW THRU WED. IMPROVING BUT COLD THU.

TEMPS TNRICKY W/ FNT PASS AND POSS BRKS OF SUNSHINE WED.

DAY 55/61/41/54
CVG 55/65/41/58
CMH 58/65/44/55

FARINA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 4:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-
086-KYZ089>100-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-120200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
415 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995

...A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL...SOUTHERN AND
   WESTERN OHIO AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

LOW PRESSURE IN THE MIDWEST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE FORECAST
TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH CAN BLOW AWAY OBJECTS THAT ARE UNTIED...AND 50
MPH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE
DURING HIGH WINDS IS INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE
REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS OVER 50 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL.

AREA WEATHER SPOTTER GROUPS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATJED THIS EVENING.
STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITION
INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

FARINA
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-
086-KYZ089>100-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-120200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
415 PM EDT TUE APR 11 1995

...A HIGH WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL...SOUTHERN AND
   WESTERN OHIO AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

LOW PRESSURE IN THE MIDWEST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE FORECAST
TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH CAN BLOW AWAY OBJECTS THAT ARE UNTIED...AND 50
MPH WINDS CAN BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE
DURING HIGH WINDS IS INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE
REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS OVER 50 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL.

AREA WEATHER SPOTTER GROUPS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED THIS EVENING.
STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITION
INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

FARINA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Shelby42 min

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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.