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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 14, 1995Butler County, Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1995, 1:20 AM EDT for Butler County, Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 1:20 AM EDT (05:20 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butler County, OH, Warren County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 292 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 May 13, 8:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 8:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
820 PM EDT SAT MAY 13 1995

LTST SFC ANLYS SHWS DEEP LO PRES OVR SW MN WITH WRMFNT EXTNDG SE
ACRS WRN IL THRU WRN KY. SGT/SVR STMS HV DVLPD N OF WRMFNT ACRS NRN
IL. WRMFNT LIFTS NE INTO OH OVRNGT WITH H85 50 KT JET PUNCHING INTO W
CNTRL OH AT 06Z. XPCT CNVTN TO DVLP ACRS WRN OH AFTR MDNGT AND INTO
CNTRL OH OVRNGT. WITH STG H85 JET CROSSING WRMFNT SVR TSTMS WL BE PSBL
OVRNGT. TEMP WISE...SW OH(CVG & DAY) ARE NR LOWS WITH TEMPS NR DWPT
TEMPS. TEMPS WL LKLY RISE A FEW DEGS LT TNGT WITH SW OH BCMG WRM
SECTORED OVRNGT.

CVG 61/84/58  6/3/2
DAY 60/83/59  7/4/2
CMH 59/84/58  7/4/2

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 13, 11:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-060-073-074-140400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1108 PM EDT (1008 EST) SAT MAY 13 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WAYNE...FAYETTE...UNION AND
AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 4 AM EST (5 AM EDT)...
AND RIPLEY AND DEARBORN COUNTIES UNTIL 5 AM EST (6 AM EDT)...

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...RICHMOND...LIBERTY...CONNERSVILLE...
BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...AND LAWRENCEBURG.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF TORNADOES HAVE DEVELOPED
FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AHEAD OF A
WARMFRONT. AS THIS WARMFRONT LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
INDIANA AFTER 2 AM EST (3 AM EDT).

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

RANDALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Scioto68 min
May 14, 1:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison, Pickaway45 min
May 14, 1:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton39 min
May 14, 1:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene50 min
May 14, 2:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren41 min
May 14, 2:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking, Ross52 min
May 14, 2:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Pickaway48 min
May 14, 2:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer39 min
May 14, 2:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Licking47 min
May 14, 2:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown54 min
May 14, 2:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan, Shelby47 min
May 14, 3:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMarion, Morrow53 min
May 14, 3:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown52 min
May 14, 3:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble49 min
May 14, 3:18 AM EDTTornado WarningILNDarke, Preble27 min
May 14, 3:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton32 min
May 14, 3:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Montgomery53 min
May 14, 3:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren46 min
May 14, 3:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene41 min
May 14, 4:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison53 min
May 14, 4:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton27 min
May 14, 5:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPike, Ross3 hr
May 14, 5:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown, Clermont, Highland3 hr
May 14, 5:37 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler2 hr
May 14, 6:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNScioto3 hr
May 14, 2:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne65 min
May 14, 3:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis42 min
May 14, 3:57 AM EDTTornado WarningILNMason, Robertson48 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.