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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1996, 10:53 PM EDT for Champaign County, Clark County, Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 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
- Apr 19, 1996, 10:53 PM EDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1996, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Greene County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 11:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Beavercreek, OH |
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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 54 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
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 Apr 19, 8:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 8:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 830 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1996 SUPERCELL NR IND ATTM MOVG E AT 40 MPH. CELL IS STILL IMPRESSIVE BUT NOT QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE AS EARLIER (TORNADO SIGNATURE). LDS IS GIVING 50-59 STRIKES IN PAST 5 MINUTES WITH THIS STORM. CURRENT MOVEMENT WOULD TAKE CENTER OF STORM NR WAYNE-FAYETTE-UNION IN COUNTIES THEN INTO PREBLE CO. OUR PROFILER IS SHOWG SAME OMINOUS TREND AS KIND AS LOW LVL WINDS BACK FM SW TO S TO SE ALLOWING FOR GOOD STORM INFLOW. 00Z ILN SOUNDG HAS A SWEAT INDEX OF 554! IMAGINE THAT THIS # IS EVEN HIGHER WHEN LWST LVL WINDS OF SE DIRECTION TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL AS STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT. HELICITY VALUES BETWEEN 200 AND 250 WITH SHOWALTER OF -4. OTHER THAN THE ISOLATED SUPERCELL...A LINE OF TSTMS XTNDS ACROSS C IL AND THIS IS WHAT WL MOVE IN AND GIVE MUCH OF THE FA THE THREAT OF SVR WX. IT SHOULD BE ENTERING W FA SHORTLY AFT MIDNGT. WL CONTINUE FCST FOR RW/TRW TNGT...POSS SEVERE. WL BE VERY BUSY SHORTLY. SANDLER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 19, 5:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
530 PM EDT THU AUG 10 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
0205 PM PORTSMOUTH OH WIND DAMAGE
04/16/96 SCIOTO TREES DOWN
0408 AM SUNBURY OH TSTM GUST
04/19/96 DELAWARE GUST OF 59 MPH
RPTD> BY SPOTTER
DELAYED REPORTS
FARINALocal storm report, Apr 19, 5:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
530 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
0205 PM PORTSMOUTH OH WIND DAMAGE
04/16/96 SCIOTO TREES DOWN
0408 AM SUNBURY OH TSTM GUST
04/19/96 DELAWARE GUST OF 59 MPH
@ RPTD BY SPOTTER
DELAYED REPORTS
FARINA
CORRECTED DATESpecial weather statement, Apr 19, 5:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 550 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA INCLUDING THE WHITEWATER VALLEY THROUGH 11 PM EDT... DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH...HAIL OF 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN THE BASEMENT OF YOUR HOUSE UNDER A STURDY WORKBENCH OR STAIRCASE. IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OUTSIDE ABANDON CARS AND MOVE INDOOR^S OR TO A DITCH. MOBILE HOMES DO NOT OFFER ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM TORNADO WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION. FARINA
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 5:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-200400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 555 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA INCLUDING THE WHITEWATER VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT... DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH...HAIL OF 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN THE BASEMENT OF YOUR HOUSE UNDER A STURDY WORKBENCH OR STAIRCASE. IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OUTSIDE ABANDON nCARS AND MOVE INDOORS OR TO A DITCH. MOBILE HOMES DO NOT OFFER ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM TORNADO WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION. FARINA
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 10:00 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 3:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union, Wayne | 66 min |
| Apr 19, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union, Wayne | 31 min |
| Apr 20, 2:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 2:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 2:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.