Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT for Champaign County, Logan County, Shelby County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1995, 10:00 PM EDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Champaign County, OH, Logan County, OH, Shelby County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 10:11 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Near Quincy, OH | A tornado briefly touched down just south of the Miami River along County Route 73. A 40- by 60-foot barn was damaged and a mobile home was blown over. Several trees were also downed. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 080200 COR TORILN OHC091-149-021-080245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1000 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...LOGAN COUNTY...SHELBY COUNTY...CHAMPAIGN COUNTY... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR MAPLEWOOD IN EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE QUINCY...DE GRAFF...BELLEFONTAINE AND ROSEWOOD. 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 ...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY...
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 7, 3:21 PM EDT, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:21 PM EDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 320 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995 DIFFICULT FCST FOR THE NEXT 48 HRS. CLOSED UPPER LOW IN THE GT BASIN WL OPEN UP AND LIFT NE AS RIDGE BUILDS (588 HT) ACROSS E U.S. WITH SUCH A STRONG RIDGE...ONLY WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVE THRU CWA...MAINLY LT TNGT AND THU NGT. MEANWHILE...AT THE SFC A COOL FNT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS CWA TNGT AND THU MORN INTO KY THEN POSS AS FAR S AS TN BORDER THU NGT. MUCH COOLER AIR LAGGING FNT ATTM BUT ADDITIONAL CLDS FOR THU WL ALLOW TEMPS TO BE COOLER IN THE S (SHALLOW COOL AIR) WHILE AROUND LIMA IT WL BE MUCH COOLER COMPARED TO TODAY. REAL PROBLEM IS TRW/RW CHC. ALTHOUGH STABLE WELL N OF THE FNT...WE MUST WATCH OUT FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION (SHOWALTER) POTENTIAL ACROSS MUCH OF CWA. SOME LIFT WITH FNT NRBY COULD PRODUCE TRW. WL GO WITH LOW POPS FOR MUCH OF PD AND PLAY UP CLD COVER. AIRMASS MAY BE CAPPED S OF FNT ON FRI SO PS MAY WORK FOR FAR S...HOWEVfER AM STILL CONCERNED ABOUT CONVECTION TO OUR W ADVECTING IN. ^ CVG 67/82/65/84 DAY 66/78/62/79 CMH 66/79/62/81 SANDLER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
OHZ025-035-052-042-026-044-034-051-015-016-043-024-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 703 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS COVERING MUCH OF THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH INTO NORTHERN OHIO WILL HELP KICK OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AS A RESULT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR: PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT...ALLEN...HARDIN...MERCER...AUGLAIZE ...SHELBY...LOGAN...DARKE...MIAMI AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HYSELL
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
OHZ025-035-052-042-026-044-034-051-015-016-043-024-080400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 703 PM EDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS COVERING MUCH OF THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH INTO NORTHERN OHIO WILL HELP KICK OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AS A RESULT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR: PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT...ALLEN...HARDIN...MERCER...AUGLAIZE ...SHELBY...LOGAN...DARKE...MIAMI AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HYSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Huron, Richland | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 9:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 9:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 12:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Mercer, Shelby | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer, Van Wert | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 1:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 1:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Highland | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.