Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1996, 5:11 PM EDT for Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min. 2 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 4, 1996, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1996, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scioto County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 5:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Lucasville, OH | |
| May 4, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Mc Dermott, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 4, 1:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 1:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 155 PM EDT SAT MAY 4 1996 PROBLEMS OF DAY ARE FLOODING AND POSSIBLE SVR WX. WESTERN OHIO...SERN IND...AND NRN KY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVR SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED IT LAST NIGHT AND DAYS BEFORE THAT. FAST FLOW CONTINUES WITH S/WVS KICKING OFF MCS'S EVERY FEW HOURS. MODELS KEEP THE SAME PATTERN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH FNT FLUCTUATING OVR CNTRL AND SRN OH WITH EACH SYSTEM THAT PASSES. WL NOT ATTEMPT TO TIME SYSTEMS AS ONE COULD FIRE ANYTIME. HOWEVER...BEST SETUPS ON THE MODELS ARE THROUGH 00Z TONIGHT AND BETWEEN 18Z SUN AND 00Z MON. MON MAY BE NICE AS HIGH PRESSURE AND STABLE CONDTIONS BUILD IN...BUJT RAIN MAY RETURN FOR TUES. WL RAISE TEMPS FOR SUN SIMILAR TO TODAY...OTHERWISE FOLLOWED MOS. CVG 57/75/54/68 6640 DAY 54/67/50/66 6640 CMH 54/70/51/66 6640 WILKINSON
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 4, 3:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
347 PM EDT SAT MAY 04 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
335 PM
05/05/96 ADAMS CO OH HAIL 0.75 INCH
340 PM ADAMS CO OH HAIL 1.00 INCH
05/05/96
WILKINSONLocal storm report, May 4, 3:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON,OH
353 PM EDT SAT MAY 04 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
350 PM LAGRANGE HAIL 0.75 INCH
05/05/96 GALLATIN CO KY COVERING GROUND
WILKINSONLocal storm report, May 4, 3:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON, KY
400 PM EDT SAT MAY 04 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
350 PM LAGRANGE HAIL 0.75 INCH
05/04/96 GALLATIN CO KY COVERING GROUND
WILKINSON
CORRECTED FOR DATE OF SVR WXLocal storm report, May 4, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON, KY
400 PM EDT SAT MAY 04 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
349 PM SOUTHWEST PART HAIL 0.75 INCH
05/04/96 PIKE CO OH COVERING GROUND
FARINASpecial weather statement, May 4, 4:30 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-050000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 330 PM EST SAT MAY 4 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND THE WHITEWATER VA^LLEY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED INTO OHIO. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND THE WHITEWATER VALLEY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FARINA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 67 min |
| May 4, 12:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 67 min |
| May 4, 12:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 60 min |
| May 4, 12:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 2 hr |
| May 4, 1:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 53 min |
| May 4, 1:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 53 min |
| May 4, 1:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Clinton | 50 min |
| May 4, 3:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Preble | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 3 hr |
| May 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Darke, Miami, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| May 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Greene | 4 hr |
| May 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Preble | 4 hr |
| May 4, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 53 min |
| May 4, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 32 min |
| May 4, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 25 min |
| May 4, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 21 min |
| May 4, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 29 min |
| May 4, 3:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 27 min |
| May 4, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 48 min |
| May 4, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 66 min |
| May 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 47 min |
| May 4, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 26 min |
| May 4, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 37 min |
| May 4, 5:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Scioto | 47 min |
| May 4, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 2 hr |
| May 4, 7:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pike | 2 hr |
| May 3, 11:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll | 3 hr |
| May 3, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Owen | 67 min |
| May 3, 11:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Boone | 3 hr |
| May 3, 11:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Kenton | 3 hr |
| May 4, 12:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 60 min |
| May 4, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 70 min |
| May 4, 12:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken | 117 min |
| May 4, 3:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 32 min |
| May 4, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 31 min |
| May 4, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant | 51 min |
| May 4, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 54 min |
| May 4, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 51 min |
| May 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 28 min |
| May 3, 10:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ohio, Switzerland | 61 min |
| May 3, 11:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio | 3 hr |
| May 4, 2:35 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 4, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin | 2 hr |
| May 4, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 10 min |
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.