Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1995, 4:42 PM EDT for Clark County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1995, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1995, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 242043 TORILN OHC023-242115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 442 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...CLARK COUNTY AT 440 PM...DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A TORNADO NEAR DONNELSVILLE. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SPRINGFIELD. 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 24, 9:48 AM EDT, 6 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 9:48 AM EDT, 6 hours 54 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 948 AM EDT WED MAY 24 1995 RW/TRW AGAIN MVG TWRD NW OH...STRONGEST ACTIVITY RIGHT NOW OVR IL...ALL MVG NE. BOTH MDLS SHW FNT APPCH DAY BY 00Z. LOOKING AT KIND RDR... SEEMS THAT ONLY TRW IN CVG WILL HAVE TO DVLP THIS AFT...NO ECHOS FROM FORT WAYNE TO EVV SOUTH. WUD KEEP LO POP CHC/S FROM DAY TO CMH SOUTH. MODIFIED DAY SNDG SHWD CAPE OF AROUND 600 WITH -4 LI/S. WILL NOT MESS W/ P^REV AFD TEMPS. CVG 85/65/79 DAY 80/62/73 CMH 84/62/74 FARINA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
OHZ079-052-053-072-046-065-063-055-062-026-080-074-056-044-054- 064-073-045-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 125 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995 THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN OUR REGION: HARDIN...LOGAN...FRANKLIN...LICKING...UNION...DELAWARE...MADISON ...FAIRFIELD...HOCKING...PICKAWAY...FAYETTE...ROSS...BROWN... GREENE...CHAMPAIGN...HIGHLAND...CLARK... AND CLINTON REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEAT8HER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FARINA
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
OHZ052-053-072-046-065-063-055-062-026-080-074-056-044-054- 064-073-045-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 138 PM EDT WED MAY 24 1995 THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN OUR REGION: HARDIN...LOGAN...FRANKLIN...LICKING...UNION...DELAWARE...MADISON ...FAIRFIELD...HOCKING...PICKAWAY...FAYETTE...ROSS... GREENE...CHAMPAIGN...HIGHLAND...CLARK... AND CLINTON REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FARINA CORRECTION TO REMOVE BROWN COUNTY FROM WATCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow | 50 min |
| May 24, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Richland | 36 min |
| May 24, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland | 34 min |
| May 24, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan, Shelby | 45 min |
| May 24, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 69 min |
| May 24, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Union | 29 min |
| May 24, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 25 min |
| May 24, 4:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware | 34 min |
| May 24, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami | 52 min |
| May 24, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ashland | 25 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 40 min |
| May 24, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Holmes, Knox | 59 min |
| May 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 37 min |
| May 24, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Miami | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 49 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Warren | 46 min |
| May 24, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Delaware | 3 hr |
| May 24, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 58 min |
| May 24, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Pickaway | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 3 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.