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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 8, 1996Franklin County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1996, 9:30 PM EDT for Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 1996, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1996, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Franklin County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 217 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1996-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 495 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
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
217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
495 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
703 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCVG 090134 COR
TORILN
OHC049-090200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
930 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING   EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL OHIO

   ...FRANKLIN COUNTY

AT 925 PM EDT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY EMA REPORTED A TORNADO AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HALL AND GEORGESVILLE ROADS IN WESTERN COLUMBUS. THE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT
30 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REST OF COLUMBUS BY 10 PM.

THIS TORNADO WARNING MEANS YOU ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER. TAKE COVER
NOW. BASEMENTS OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. SMALL ROOMS...CLOSETS
OR INTERIOR BATHROOMS NEAR THE CENTER OF BUILDINGS ARE GOOD
ALTERNATIVES. REMEMBER THAT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN ALSO OCCUR NEAR TORNADOES.

...CORRECTED LOCATION OF TORNADO AND SOURCE OF REPORT...

&

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 May 8, 8:47 PM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 8:47 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
845 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996

NO TIME FOR REAL DISCUSSION AS SVR WX PERSISTS.  SATELLITE TRENDS
SUGGESTG A DRY PD AFT SVR WX MOVES E.  COULD BE DRY REST OF NGT
INTO MORNG AS WRM FNT PUSHES N OF FA.  NEXT ROUND OF TSTMS LOOK
LIKE THU AFT INTO NGT.

SANDLER

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
755 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996

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

600 PM     N PART OF CO            IN     WIND DAMAGE
           SWITZERLAND                    NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

615 PM     COUNTYWIDE              KY     WIND DAMAGE
           OWEN                           NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                                          POWER LINES DOWN

620 PM     NEEDMORE                KY     WIND DAMAGE
           OWEN                           ROOF BLOWN OFF BUSINESS

620 PM     LUBESMILL               KY     WIND DAMAGE
           OWEN                           HOMES DAMAGED

622 PM     MONTEREY ROAD           KY     WIND DAMAGE
           OWEN

622 PM     SOUTH FORK              KY     WIND DAMAGE
           OWEN                           ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING

SANDLER
Local storm report, May 8, 8:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
800 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996

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

650 PM     RT 52 & RT 758          OH     WIND DAMAGE
           CLERMONT                       TREES DOWN
                                          POWER LINES DOWN

717 PM     2 MI N WEST UNION       OH     58 MPH WIND GUST
           ADAMS

SANDLER
Local storm report, May 8, 8:41 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
840 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996

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

835 PM     MILTON CARLISE t& FREE   OH     WIND DAMAGE
           CLARK                          ROOF BLOWN OFF

SANDLER
Local storm report, May 8, 8:53 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
852 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996

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

645 PM     3-4 MILES SW OF AUGUSTA KY     TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 8
           BRACKEN                        BARN BLOWN DOWN

650 PM     3 MILES N OF MT OLIVET  KY     STATE HIGHWAY BARN ROOF
           ROBERTSON                      TORN OFF

840 PM     NW OF SPRINGFIELD       OH     MANY TREES DOWN ALONG
           NW CLARK                       TECUMSEH ROAD

DIAN
Local storm report, May 8, 9:07 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
905 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996

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

820 PM     CARLISE                 OH     WIND DAMAGE
           CLARK                          SHINGLES BLOWN OFF
                                          CRACKED CEILING
                                          SHED ROOF AND OTHER
                                          DEBRIS BLOWN DOWN ROAD
                                          TREES DAMAGED (TWISTED)

SANDLER
Local storm report, May 8, 9:27 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
925 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996

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

815 PM     TECUMHEH RD    L         OH     WIND DAMAGE
           CLARK                          MANY TREES DOWN

SANDLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark28 min
May 8, 8:02 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClark28 min
May 8, 8:26 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMadison19 min
May 8, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison34 min
May 8, 9:00 PM EDTTornado WarningILNFranklin30 min
May 8, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningILNFairfield, Licking45 min
May 8, 10:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFranklin117 min
May 8, 10:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFairfield3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.