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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 28, 1995Butler County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1995, 11:26 PM EDT for Butler County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 11:26 PM EDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Butler County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1984 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1984 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 290328 RRA
TORILN
OHC017-290415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1126 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...BUTLER COUNTY
 
AT 1128 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING
TORNADO IN SOUTHWEST BUTLER COUNTY NEAR LAYHIGH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE HAMILTON AND FAIRFIELD.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. YOUR QUICK REACTION TO THIS TORNADO
WARNING MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE.  GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THTE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STRONGER SHELTER.  REMEMBER...MOST TORNADO DEATHS OCCUR IN
MOBILE HOMES.
 
 
RANDALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAllen, Putnam43 min
May 28, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Mercer42 min
May 28, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Shelby53 min
May 28, 10:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Preble46 min
May 28, 10:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby55 min
May 28, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler44 min
May 28, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke45 min
May 28, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCrawford2 hr
May 28, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Logan48 min
May 28, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton55 min
May 29, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren45 min
May 29, 12:05 AM EDTTornado WarningILNButler40 min
May 29, 12:15 AM EDTTornado WarningILNHamilton45 min
May 29, 12:32 AM EDTTornado WarningILNWarren43 min
May 29, 12:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMorrow, Richland65 min
May 29, 12:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Warren3 hr
May 29, 12:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Clinton59 min
May 29, 1:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton30 min
May 29, 1:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette37 min
May 29, 1:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAshland46 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.