Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 1995, 2:49 PM EDT for Clark County, Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1995, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1995, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, OH, Greene County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 920 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 261849 TORILN OHC023-057-261945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 249 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...CLARK AND GREENE COUNTY AT 235 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR BEAVERCREEK. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND WILL TRACK NEAR FAIRBORN...BYRON...CLIFTON AND YELLOW SPRINGS AS WELL AS SPRINGFIELD. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. YOUR QUICK REACTION TO THIS TORNADO WARNING MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STRONGER SHELTER. REMEMBER...MOST TORNADO DEATHS OCCUR IN MOBILE HOMES. FARINA
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 Jul 26, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1000 AM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 FEW CU OVR NRN AND ERN PTNS OF FA WTH SM ISOLD RW- TO NW. 13Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS FNT ACRS GTLKS. SLOW MOVING LOW OVR CHI AREA PROGGED TO MOVE INTO FA BY LATE AFTN. NGM SLGTLY FASTER WTH MOVMT OF LO...SO WL HAVE TO SEE NEW MDL RUN. PLENTY OF SUN AROUND WTH AM FOG BURNED OFF THRU MOST OF AREA. MODIFIED DAY SDNG HAS CAPES NR 1700 J/KG AND AN LI OF -6. STRONG CAA IN MID LVLS ALSO. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF WINDS/SHEAR...SO LOOKS LIKE MAINLY PULSE TYPE ACTIVITY TDY. S/W MOVES E OF FA ON THU...THO SLOWLY...SO STILL CHC RW-/TRW- THRU CNTRL/SRN OH IN FA. GUID TMPS LOOK GOOD. DIAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>073-077>080- INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 100 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...THE WHITEWATER VALLEY...SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 800 PM EDT. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FARINA
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>073-077>080- INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 100 PM EDT WED JUL 26 1995 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...THE WHITEWATER VALLEY...SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 800 PM EDT. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FARINA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 2:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Shelby | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 51 min |
| Jul 26, 2:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette | 54 min |
| Jul 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin, Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.