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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 16, 1996Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1996, 2:18 PM EDT for Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 16, 1996, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1996, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
534 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 161820
SVRILN
OHC145-161900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
218 PM EDT TUE APR 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH OHIO
 
   ...SCIOTO COUNTY
 
AT 215 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS
MOVING THROUGH SCIOTO COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM STOCKDALE
THROUGH PORTSMOUTH MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE
THROUGH PORTSMOUTH...WEBSTER...SCIOTO FURNACE AND LYRA THROUGH 3 PM.
TREES WERE DOWNED EARLIER WITH THESE STORMS.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS SINCE THEY CAN EASILY SHATTER IN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR APPLIANCES
UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
WINDS OF AROUND 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED!
 
FARINA
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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 Apr 16, 9:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 9:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
940 AM EDT TUE APR 16 1996

LOTS OF BRKS OVR IN...AS S/W PIVOTS ACRS NRN PART OF ST. BASED ON SAT
INTERP...SHUD MV TO C OH BY 18Z AND INTO THE PA BY 00Z. LTL FASTER THAN
MDLS INDICATE.

PRECIP CRNTLY MIX OF SW-/RW AHD OF S/W...KIND RDR SHWG CUPL MORE BANDS
OF PRECIP OVR IN. SO GOOD IDEA TO KEEP PRECIP IN EARLY FOR SE INDIANA
AND NRN KY...INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR OHIO. CUD SEE LTL MORE DVLPMENT IF
START TO GET ANY BRKS IN CLDS.

XPCT ANY BRKS THRU MID AFTERNOON WILL FILL IN QUICKLY. 850 THERM TROF
PASSES THRU WRN PART OF CWA AR 00Z TNT AND THRU REST OF CWA BY 9Z. CLRG
SHUD BEGIN ONCE TROF IS THRU. LIKE CRNT FCSTS OF DECREASING CLDS FOR
OHIO...CLRG FOR IN AND PARTLY SUNNY FOR KY THIS AFT.

TEMPS LOOK OK W/ READINGS IN THE METRO AREAS NR 40...MAY WANT TO BUMP
CVG TO MID 40S.

FARINA

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.