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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 14, 1995Mason County, Robertson County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1995, 3:57 AM EDT for Mason County, Robertson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 1995, 3:57 AM EDT (07:57 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 1995, 4:45 AM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Mason County, KY, Robertson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 384 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 140759
TORILN
KYC161-201-140845-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
357 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING   EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH KENTUCKY
 
   ...MASON COUNTY...ROBERTSON COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CONTAINING A POSSIBLE TORNADO...MOVING INTO ROBERTSON COUNTY. THE
STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MOUNT OLIVE AND SHANNON.
 
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

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 May 13, 8:18 PM EDT, 7 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 8:18 PM EDT, 7 hours 39 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

RANDALL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 13, 11:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 1:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone	39 min
May 14, 2:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Pendleton	54 min
May 14, 3:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mason	52 min
May 14, 3:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	42 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.