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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 5, 1996Grant County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 5:31 PM EDT for Grant County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 1996, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 1996, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Grant County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 5, 9:24 AM EDT, 8 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 9:24 AM EDT, 8 hours 7 minutes before

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
920 AM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

SFC BNDRY S OF FCST AREA THIS AM. SFC WV DEVELOPING ON FRNT INVOF S
IN. E/W BAND OF RW N OF BNDRY CONTINUES TO TRAIN THRU COUNTIES ALNG
OH RVR. THIS AREA SHUD BE INITIAL FOCUS OF SVR WX/HVY RN...STARTG BY
EARLY THIS AFTN...AS SFC WV MOVES E ALNG BNDRY. FARTHER W...CLUSTER
OF TSTMS WELL N OF BNDRY IN W IL...MAY MOVE INTO W COUNTIES OF FCST
AREA BY MID AFTN. ALSO...ANOTHER MCS MOVG THRU MO INVOF SFC BNDRY...
SHUD MOVE INTO FCST AREA BY LATE AFTN/EARLY EVE. AGAIN...FOCUS OF
MOST ACTIVE AREA SHUD BE ACRS SE IN/N KY/S OH...BUT RW/TRW LIKELY
ANYWHERE ACRS FCST AREA THIS AFTN INTO THIS EVE. AFTER SFC WV/MCS
MOVE E OF AREA...SFC BNDRY MAY BE PUSHED FAR ENUF S FOR TO ALLOW
BREAK FROM SVR WX/FLOODING RAINS MON.

CONT FLOOD WATCH S HLF OH/FLASH FLOOD WATCHES SE IN/N KY THRU THIS
EVE.

CURRNT FCST TMPS LOOK OK...50S FAR N TO ARND 70 S.

ROWLEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 2:05 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

KYZ089-090-094>100-051804-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
204 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR AREAS SOUTH OF BOONE - KENTON AND
   CAMPBELL COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY THROUGH 8 PM EDT...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY THROUGH 8 PM EDT.
THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE WILMINGTON FORECAST
AREA:

CARROLL...GALLATIN...OWEN...GRANT...PENDLETON...BRACKEN...ROBERTSON...
MASON AND LEWIS.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
EXTREMELY DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 165 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARKSVILLE
TENNESSEE TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY.

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

Local storm report, May 5, 2:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON,OH
228 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

221 PM    GROVEPORTT                 OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/05/96  FRANKLIN

FARINA

Local storm report, May 5, 2:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON,OH
236 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

203 PM    CIRCLEVILLE               OH   .75 INCH HAIL
05/05/96  PICKAWAY

FARINA

Local storm report, May 5, 5:07 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON,OH
506 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

445 PM       MAYSVILLE
             MASON COUNTY          KY          1.0 INCH HAIL

455 PM       ABERDEEN
             BROWN COUNTY          OH          2.0 INCH HAIL

500 PM       5 SW WEST UNION       OH          1.0 INCH HAIL
             ADAMS COUNTY

505| PM       WEST UNION            OH          1.0 INCH HAIL
             ADAMS COUNTY

WILKINSON

Local storm report, May 5, 5:23 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON,OH
522 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

520 PM       LYNX TO E OF W UNION
             ADAMS COUNTY          OH          1.75 INCH HAIL

WILKINSON

Local storm report, May 5, 5:26 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON,OH
525 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

524 PM       ALONG OHIO RIVER
             ADAMS COUNTY          OH          1.00 INCH HAIL

WILKINSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 1:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin, Pickaway	35 min
May 5, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield	23 min
May 5, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Licking	51 min
May 5, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield	16 min
May 5, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler	64 min
May 5, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Warren	50 min
May 5, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	45 min
May 5, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette	13 min
May 5, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pickaway, Ross	23 min
May 5, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	44 min
May 5, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike	24 min
May 5, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	35 min
May 5, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Robertson	31 min
May 5, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Owen	18 min
May 5, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Robertson	43 min
May 5, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mason	48 min
May 5, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Owen	38 min
May 5, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant	25 min
May 5, 7:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pendleton	30 min
May 5, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Robertson	25 min
May 5, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mason	24 min
May 5, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	35 min
May 5, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Wayne	52 min
May 5, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union	54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.