Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1996, 5:24 PM EDT for Clark County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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 29, 1996, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1996, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 5:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Medway, 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 12:00Z, 9.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 292125 SVRILN OHC071-023-292200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 524 PM EDT MON APR 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST OHIO ...HIGHLAND COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...CLARK COUNTY AT 525 PM THE WILMINGTON DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF STORMS PASSING THROUGH SOUTHERN OHIO. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE WARNING FOR HIGHLAND COUNTY...AND CHANGES THE TORNADO WARING FOR CLARK COUNTY TO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE ALREADY PASSED THROUGH MANY AREAS...THE THREAT OF FLOODING IS REAL. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES. 65 MILE AN HOUR WINDS FROM THESE STORMS DOWNED TREES UP TO 3 FEET AT THEIR BASES IN DAYTON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...ANDx DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDIER STRUCTURE. DANGELO &
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 29, 1:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 1:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 155 PM EDT MON APR 29 1996 TRW'S DEVELOPING ACROSS WRN KY AND SRN IN THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WRN OH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH SUN...AREA IS MORE UNSTABLE THAN MODELS DEPICT. LOOP FROM KLVX INDICATES STORMS MOVING MORE NORTH THAN EAST. MODELS INDICATE UPPER TROF TO DEEPEN WHICH WL MAKE UPPER WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY AND RAIN MOVE OVER SAME AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUS THINK THAT WITH COUNTY FLOOD GUIDANCE IN THE .50 INCHES/HOUR AND CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS FLOOD WATCH SHOULD C0NTINUED PER COOORDINATION WITH CLE. CONDITIONS TO BE BECOME STABLE BY 12Z TUE SO CHC RW ONLY LOOKS GOOD FOR TUE AND TUE NIGHT. TEMPS NEARLY STEADY ON TUE WITH CAA AND CLOSE TO MOS ALL PERIODS. SVR TSTM WATCH BOX JUST ISSUED FOR SERN IND...NRN KY...AND SWRN OH. CVG 48/54/40/60 DAY 47/51/39/59 CMH 50/55/37/57 WILKINSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA MOST OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...AND PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY... AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY AFTER 300 PM EDT (200 PM EDT). GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBdLE WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE WESTERN SKY AS THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
OHZ060>063-070>072-077>080-KYZ089>099-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075- 080-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 258 PM EDT (158 PM EST) MON APR 29 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA ...MOST OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...AND PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY... AN AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN INDIANA AND NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY AFTER 315 PM EDT (215 PM EST). GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE WESTERN SKY AS THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON ...RETRANSMITTED WITH PROPER HEADING...
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:23 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-300300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 423 PM EDT (323 PM EST) MON APR 29 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EASTWARD INTO KENTUCKY AND AND IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR INDIANA. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE ...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WERE RECEIVED. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON ...RETRANSMITTED WITH PROPER HEADING...
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:25 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-300300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 424 PM EDT (323 PM EST) MON APR 29 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EASTWARD INTO KENTUCKY AND OHIO SO IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR INDIANA. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...SMALL HAIL...AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WERE RECEIVED. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. WILKINSON
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:00 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
OHZ026-044>046-052>056-064-065-073-074-081-082-088-300300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 500 PM EDT MON APR 29 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND THE EASTERN MIAMI VALLEY UNTIL 11 PM EDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...AND PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 PM EDT... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHWEST OHIO WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO DURING THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS $SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AS THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. LOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clermont | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clinton, Highland | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 4:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Madison | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Pickaway | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 18 min |
| Apr 29, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.