Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 7:41 PM EDT for Mason County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1996, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1996, 8:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mason County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Lewisburg, KY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
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, 10 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 9:24 AM EDT, 10 hours 17 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
Local storm report, May 5, 2:38 PM EDT, 5 hours 3 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
FARINALocal storm report, May 5, 5:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 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
WILKINSONLocal storm report, May 5, 5:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 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
WILKINSONLocal storm report, May 5, 5:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 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
WILKINSONLocal storm report, May 5, 5:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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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, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant | 29 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, 7:55 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 |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.