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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 299, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 7, 1996, 2:53 PM EST for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Nov 7, 1996, 2:53 PM EST (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 1996, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ripley County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 3:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Elrod, 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 Nov 7, 10:16 AM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 10:16 AM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 7, 10:54 AM EST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
OHZ044>046-052>056-062>065-070>074-077>082-088-089-KYZ088>100-INZ 073>075-080-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1055 AM EST NOV 07 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN OHIO AROUND SUNSET AND INTO CENTRAL OHIO TONIGHT. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO AFTER MID AFTERNOON AND INTO CENTRAL OHIO DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 1:48 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OHZ063-064-070>074-077>082-088-089-KYZ088>100-INZ058-059-066- 073>075-080-070100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 148 PM EST NOV 07 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE....CINCINNATI...WILMINGTON... HAMILTON...CHILLICOTHE AND PORTSMOUTH. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN OHIO AROUND SUNSET AND INTO CENTRAL BY MIDNIGHT. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CINCINNATI AREA AROUND 4 PM. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RANDALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 3:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 42 min |
| Nov 7, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 30 min |
| Nov 7, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 45 min |
| Nov 7, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Nov 7, 4:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Nov 7, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 40 min |
| Nov 7, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 47 min |
| Nov 7, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clinton | 26 min |
| Nov 7, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Highland | 49 min |
| Nov 7, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 49 min |
| Nov 7, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 65 min |
| Nov 7, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross, Scioto | 53 min |
| Nov 7, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 53 min |
| Nov 7, 5:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 47 min |
| Nov 7, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Licking | 60 min |
| Nov 7, 3:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll | 39 min |
| Nov 7, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Pendleton | 38 min |
| Nov 7, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken | 38 min |
| Nov 7, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason | 41 min |
| Nov 7, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 53 min |
| Nov 7, 2:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 27 min |
| Nov 7, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin | 45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.