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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 5, 1996Pike County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 5:36 PM EDT for Pike County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 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, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 1996, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Pike County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 200 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 052136
SVRILN
OHC131-052200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
536 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH OHIO
 
   ...PIKE COUNTY
 
AT 535 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER NORTH CENTRAL SCIOTO COUNTY NEAR LUCASVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER SOUTHEAST PIKE COUNTY
OVER STOCKDALE AND BEAVER GLADE BY 6 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
 
 
IT IS DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN
PROGRESS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR
A VEHICLE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...STAY AWAY FROM TOWERS
AND TALL TREES. CROUCH NEAR THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
 
RANDALL

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 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 9:24 AM EDT, 8 hours 12 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 31 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 7 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 58 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, 29 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, 13 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, 10 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, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.