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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 1, 1996Fayette County, Greene County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1996, 3:18 PM EDT for Fayette County, Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min. 3 reports 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: May 1, 1996, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 1996, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, OH, Greene County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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
May 1, 3:25 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Jeffersonville, OH
May 1, 3:50 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Yellow Spgs, OH
May 1, 4:00 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Jeffersonville, 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 24 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 199 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 011919
SVRILN
OHC047-057-012000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
318 PM EDT WED MAY 1 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...GREENE COUNTY
 
AT 316 PM THE WILMINGTON DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY... 2 MILES NORTH OF
PORT WILLIAM. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SOME AREAS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BOWERSVILLE AND A STRETCH
OF INTERSTATE 71 IN SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 65.
 
IT IS DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN
PROGRESS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. tSEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR
A VEHICLE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...STAY AWAY FROM TOWERS
AND TALL TREES. CROUCH NEAR THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
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 May 1, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
159 PM EDT WED MAY 1 1996

NOT MUCH TIME WITH SVR TRW BOX RECENTLY ISSUED.  EXPECT TRW TO DEVELOP
AND MOVE THROUGH AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  MIGHT WANT TO INCLUDE EVENING
PERIOD IN SOUTHERN AREAS AS ACTIVITY MAY NOT CLEAR THESE AREAS BEFORE
700 PM.

SEVERAL SHORT WAVES TO AFFECT OH VALLEY NEXT FEW DAYS.  LIKE PC FOR
TONIGHT AND PS EARLY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS FOR THU.  THU NIGHT LOOKS
LIKE ANOTHER RW/TRW EVENT WITH GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT TO THE NORTH OF WRM
FRONT.  BEST INSTABILITY STAYS TO THE SOUTH...BUT MOIST CONVERGENCE AND
UPPER LEVEL HAS OH VALLEY IN BOTH RIGHT REAR AND LEFT FRONT OF H3 JETS.
RW/TRW LIKELY LOOKS GOOD FOR THU NIGHT.  DRY ON FRI AHEAD OF NEXT
SYSTEM THAT COULD CAUSE MORE RAIN FOR THE WEEKEND.

WILL STICK CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE.

CVG 45/70/50/74 2272
CMH 40/70/54/67 2272
DAY 41/68/52/68 2272

WILKINSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 10:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-
088-089-KYZ088>100-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-020000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1051 AM EDT WED MAY 1 1996

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO...PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY...AND ALL OF
SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.  AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH...CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO BREAK UP
AROUND NOON ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE 60 TO 65 RANGE.
COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS ALREADY IN PLACE IN
THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...CONDITIONS
WILL BECOME UNSTABLE BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THESE AREAS AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

RESIDENTS OF WESTERN OHIO...SOUTpHEASTERN INDIANA...AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE WESTERN SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

WILKINSON

Local storm report, May 1, 12:11 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1210 PM EDT WED MAY 01 1996

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1445 PM    COUNTY WIDE              IN    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   SWITZERLAND                    TREES/POWER LINES DOWN.

DISTEFANO

Local storm report, May 1, 12:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
100 PM EDT WED MAY 01 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1600 PM    BURLINGTON               KY    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   BOONE                          LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.

1600 PM    COUNTY WIDE              KY    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   GALLATIN                       TREES/POWER LINES DOWN.

1630 PM    COUNTY WIDE              KY    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   KENTON                         TREES/POWER LINES DOWN.

1630 PM    N PART OF COUNTY         KY    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   KENTON                         LARGE RIVER BOAT STRIPPED
                                          FROM ITS MOORING.

1615 PM    COUNTY WIDE              KY    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   CAMPBELL                       TREES/POWER LINES DOWN.

1700 PM    WILMINGTON               OH    58 MPH TSTM GUST
04/29/96   CLINTON

1700 PM    MARTINSVILLE             OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   CLINTON                        POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.

1700 PM    NW PORTION OF COUNTY     OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   CLINTON                        TREES/POWER LINES DOWN.

1700 PM    COUNTY WIDE              OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   GREENE                         MANY TREES DOWN.

1700 PM    SE PORTION OF COUNTY     OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   BROWN                          LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
                                          LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN.

1643 PM    S OF BATAVIA             OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   CLERMONT                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

1748 PM    WEST JEFFERSON           OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   MADISON                        TELEPHONE POLES BLOWN DOWN.

1745 PM    LONDON                   OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   MADISON                        TREES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO COUNTY
                                          COURT HOUSE.

1745 PM    W OF LONDON              OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   MADISON                        ENTIRE SIDE OF HOUSE BLOWN OUT

1745 PM    NEAR URBANA              OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   CHAMPAIGN                      LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN.

1545 PM    NE & SE PARTS OF CTY     IN    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   DEARBORN                       TREES BLOWN DOWN.

1815 PM    S OF DELEWARE            OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   DELEWARE                       POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.

1815 PM    SUNBURY                  OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   DELEWARE                       NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN DOWN.

1815 PM    NEAR CIRCLEVILLE         OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   PICKAWAY                       TREES BLOWN DOWN.

1815 PM    NEAR WAVERLY             OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   PIKE                           TREES BLOWN DOWN.

1845 PM    COUNTY WIDE              OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   FAIRFIELD                      MANY TREES BLOWN DOWN.

1900 PM    NEAR ROCKBRIDGE          OH    WIND DAMAGE
04/29/96   HOCKING                        MANY TREES BLOWN DOWN.

DISTEFANO

Special weather statement, May 1, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>072-077>079-INZ
050-058-059-066-074-020000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
214 PM EST WED MAY 1 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND MOST OF
SOUTHWEST OHIO...AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT (700 PM EST) FOR THE ABOVE LOCATIONS.  A
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.  AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...THE ATMOSPHERE HAD BECOME UNSTABLE
AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP.  THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.  THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE
STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  TORRENTAIL DOWNPOURS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL.

RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE NORTHWESTERN SKY AND
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

WILKINSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer, Van Wert	64 min
May 1, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler	53 min
May 1, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Warren	33 min
May 1, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton	40 min
May 1, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette	20 min
May 1, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pickaway	59 min
May 1, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Highland	35 min
May 1, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ross	48 min
May 1, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene	58 min
May 1, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Warren	28 min
May 1, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene	52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.