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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 14, 1995Wayne County, Indiana; Darke County, Preble County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1995, 2:18 AM EST for Wayne County, Indiana; Darke County, Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1995, 2:18 AM EST (07:18 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1995, 2:45 AM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Wayne County, IN, Darke County, OH, Preble County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 48 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 140719
TORILN
INC177-OHC037-135-140745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
318 AM EDT (218 AM EST) SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING   EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 AM EDT (245 AM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...DARKE COUNTY...PREBLE COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO
JUST EAST OF RICHMOND INDIANA. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
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.
 
LOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 1:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne65 min
May 13, 11:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Scioto68 min
May 14, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison, Pickaway45 min
May 14, 12:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Warren40 min
May 14, 12:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton39 min
May 14, 12:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene50 min
May 14, 1:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren41 min
May 14, 1:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking, Ross52 min
May 14, 1:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Pickaway48 min
May 14, 1:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer39 min
May 14, 1:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Licking47 min
May 14, 1:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown54 min
May 14, 1:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan, Shelby47 min
May 14, 2:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMarion, Morrow53 min
May 14, 2:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown52 min
May 14, 2:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble49 min
May 14, 2:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton32 min
May 14, 2:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Montgomery53 min
May 14, 2:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren46 min
May 14, 2:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene41 min
May 14, 3:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison53 min
May 14, 3:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton27 min
May 14, 4:27 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNPike, Ross3 hr
May 14, 4:33 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown, Clermont, Highland3 hr
May 14, 4:37 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNButler2 hr
May 14, 5:19 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNScioto3 hr

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.