Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 18, 1996Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 18, 1996, 5:34 PM EST for Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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
Jan 18, 1996, 5:34 PM EST (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jan 18, 1996, 6:00 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Campbell County, KY, Kenton County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 18, 5:56 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Ft Thomas, KY

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 4:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin55 min
Jan 18, 4:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRipley55 min
Jan 18, 4:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWayne50 min
Jan 18, 4:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.