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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 14, 1996Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1996, 3:48 PM EST for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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
Jun 14, 1996, 3:48 PM EST (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1996, 4:30 PM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 4:00 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Greens Fork, IN

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 Jun 14, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
210 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 1996

ACTIVITY STARTING TO POP JUST NORTH OF THE DAYTON AREA...AND BLDG
QUICKLY. TRW BLDG IN AREA OF POOLING DWPTS JUST AHD OF FRNT. WILL KEEP
THIS SHORT.

AS DISCUSSED W/ CLE...FEEL SMALL CHC OF TRW WILL CONT MOST OF NITE FOR
SRN PARTS OF REGION...BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN THE NORTH.

BOTH SAT AND SUN LOOK OK...BUT SAT WEAK S/W DROPPING INTO REGION. TEMPS
SHUD APPCH 90 AND IF DWPTS DONT DROP WILL BE PRETTY UNSTABLE. CLE IS
GOING TO LEAVE POPS OUT RIGHT NOW BUT GIVE HEADS UP TO LATER SHIFT.
SUN LOOKS BEAUTIFUL...

MOS TEMPS HAVE BEEN WORKING WELL IN THIS AIRMASS.

CVG 66/89/65/89 3200(
CMH 64/90/60/88 2100
DAY 64/88/62/88 2100

FARINA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077-
080-082-150000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
240 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF OHIO THROUGH 8 PM...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
MUCH OF OHIO...INCLUDING WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST... AND
SOUTHCENTRAL OHIO EXCEPT FOR THE COUNTIES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COLUMBUS...LIMA AND DAYTON. THE WATCH IS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

CINCINNATI AND PORTSMOUTH IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.

LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

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 LISTE|N FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

FARINA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami27 min
Jun 14, 2:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin59 min
Jun 14, 2:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark41 min
Jun 14, 2:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami47 min
Jun 14, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami, Montgomery39 min
Jun 14, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene50 min
Jun 14, 3:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery50 min
Jun 14, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway, Ross46 min
Jun 14, 4:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton36 min
Jun 14, 4:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss47 min
Jun 14, 5:05 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNRoss115 min
Jun 14, 5:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler40 min
Jun 14, 5:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland46 min
Jun 14, 5:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams51 min
Jun 14, 5:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton52 min
Jun 14, 6:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont25 min
Jun 14, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown45 min
Jun 14, 5:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Union40 min
Jun 14, 6:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRipley40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.