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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 19, 1996Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 1996, 7:54 PM EST for Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 66 min. 4 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: Apr 19, 1996, 7:54 PM EST (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 1996, 9:00 PM EST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fayette County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Apr 19, 8:40 PM EST	Hail 2	Connersville, IN
Apr 19, 8:40 PM EST	Hail 1	Harrisburg, IN
Apr 19, 8:49 PM EST	Hail 1.5	Centerville, IN
Apr 19, 9:00 PM EST	Hail 0.75	Richmond, 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 1144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 4.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILN 200056
TORILN
INC041-161-177-200200-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
854 PM EDT (754 PM EST) FRI APR 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING   EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT (900 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
 
   ...FAYETTE COUNTY...UNION COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 800 PM EST DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR RUSHVILLE
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO ARE
CONNERSVILLE...RICHMOND...AND LIBERTY. THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING 11/2 INCH HAIL AND A TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR
OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. A GOOD ALTERNATIVE SHELTER IS AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR
CUSHIONS TO COVE"R YOUR BODY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
SANDLER
&

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Apr 19, 7:31 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 7:31 PM EST, 23 minutes before

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
830 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1996

SUPERCELL NR IND ATTM MOVG E AT 40 MPH.  CELL IS STILL IMPRESSIVE BUT
NOT QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE AS EARLIER (TORNADO SIGNATURE).  LDS IS GIVING
50-59 STRIKES IN PAST 5 MINUTES WITH THIS STORM.  CURRENT MOVEMENT
WOULD TAKE CENTER OF STORM NR WAYNE-FAYETTE-UNION IN COUNTIES THEN INTO
PREBLE CO.  OUR PROFILER IS SHOWG SAME OMINOUS TREND AS KIND AS LOW LVL
WINDS BACK FM SW TO S TO SE ALLOWING FOR GOOD STORM INFLOW.  00Z ILN
SOUNDG HAS A SWEAT INDEX OF 554!  IMAGINE THAT THIS # IS EVEN HIGHER
WHEN LWST LVL WINDS OF SE DIRECTION TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL AS
STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT.  HELICITY VALUES BETWEEN 200 AND 250 WITH
SHOWALTER OF -4.

OTHER THAN THE ISOLATED SUPERCELL...A LINE OF TSTMS XTNDS ACROSS
C IL AND THIS IS WHAT WL MOVE IN AND GIVE MUCH OF THE FA THE THREAT
OF SVR WX.  IT SHOULD BE ENTERING W FA SHORTLY AFT MIDNGT.  WL
CONTINUE FCST FOR RW/TRW TNGT...POSS SEVERE. WL BE VERY BUSY
SHORTLY.
SANDLER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 2:57 PM EST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-200400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
400 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1996

THE NATIONAL STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
INDICATES THAT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...WESTERN OHIO AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
TONIGHT. ALSO...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT
ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO
THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY
SATURDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL MOVE INTO
THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WARM MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE IN PLACE TONIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE
EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS EXCEEDING
58 MPH AND 3/4 INCH OR LARGER DIAMETER HAIL.

AREA WEATHER SPOTTER GROUPS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED THIS EVENING
OR LATER TONIGHT. EVERYONE ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA...WESTERN...
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY SHOULD PERIODICALLY
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION TONIGHT
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

RANDALL

Local storm report, Apr 19, 4:32 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
530 PM EDT THU AUG 10 1995

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

0205 PM    PORTSMOUTH                OH   WIND DAMAGE
04/16/96   SCIOTO                         TREES DOWN

0408 AM    SUNBURY                   OH   TSTM GUST
04/19/96   DELAWARE                       GUST OF 59 MPH
                                          RPTD> BY SPOTTER

DELAYED REPORTS

FARINA

Local storm report, Apr 19, 4:36 PM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
530 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1995

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

0205 PM    PORTSMOUTH                OH   WIND DAMAGE
04/16/96   SCIOTO                         TREES DOWN

0408 AM    SUNBURY                   OH   TSTM GUST
04/19/96   DELAWARE                       GUST OF 59 MPH
                               @           RPTD BY SPOTTER

DELAYED REPORTS

FARINA

CORRECTED DATE

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:51 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-200300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
550 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1996

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA INCLUDING THE
   WHITEWATER VALLEY THROUGH 11 PM EDT...

DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
SOUTHEAST INDIANA THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH...HAIL OF 3/4 OF
AN INCH OR LARGER AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN THE BASEMENT OF
YOUR HOUSE UNDER A STURDY WORKBENCH OR STAIRCASE. IF A TORNADO IS
SIGHTED OUTSIDE ABANDON CARS AND MOVE INDOOR^S OR TO A DITCH. MOBILE
HOMES DO NOT OFFER ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM TORNADO WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS
SITUATION.

FARINA

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:55 PM EST, 2 hours 59 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-200400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
555 PM EDT FRI APR 19 1996

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA INCLUDING THE
   WHITEWATER VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT...

DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
SOUTHEAST INDIANA THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH...HAIL OF 3/4 OF
AN INCH OR LARGER AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.

REMEMBER THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN THE BASEMENT OF
YOUR HOUSE UNDER A STURDY WORKBENCH OR STAIRCASE. IF A TORNADO IS
SIGHTED OUTSIDE ABANDON nCARS AND MOVE INDOORS OR TO A DITCH. MOBILE
HOMES DO NOT OFFER ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM TORNADO WINDS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS
SITUATION.

FARINA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 8:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Union, Wayne	31 min
Apr 20, 1:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin	47 min
Apr 20, 1:17 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Switzerland	43 min
Apr 20, 1:24 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union	36 min

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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.