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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 7, 1995Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 9:06 PM EDT for Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Van Wert County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1464 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 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
1464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 080104
TORILN
OHC161-080145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
906 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING   EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...VAN WERT COUNTY
 
A TRAINED WEATHER OBSERVER IN VAN WERT COUNTY REPORTS A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH A WALL CLOUD JUST NORTH OF VANWERT. THE STORM IS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A
TORNADO. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE VAN WERT...MIDDLEPOINT
AND JONESTOWN.
 
LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN HOUR
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR
OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. A GOOD ALTERNATIVE SHELTER IS AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR
CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
LOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNVan Wert42 min
Jun 7, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer41 min
Jun 7, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize44 min
Jun 7, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby48 min
Jun 7, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer45 min
Jun 7, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHuron, Richland42 min
Jun 7, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize47 min
Jun 7, 9:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer3 hr
Jun 7, 9:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby49 min
Jun 7, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan57 min
Jun 7, 10:00 PM EDTTornado WarningILNChampaign, Logan, Shelby45 min
Jun 8, 12:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMercer, Shelby5 hr
Jun 8, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer, Van Wert41 min
Jun 8, 1:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize40 min
Jun 8, 1:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby65 min
Jun 8, 1:32 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize3 hr
Jun 8, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler48 min
Jun 8, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Highland52 min
Jun 8, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton30 min
Jun 8, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss36 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.