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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 7, 1996Montgomery County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 1996, 4:11 PM EST for Montgomery County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 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
Nov 7, 1996, 4:11 PM EST (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 1996, 4:40 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 12:00Z on 1996-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 1996-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
352 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.

024 
WFUS01 KILN 072112 RRA
TORILN
OHC113-072145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
411 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  440 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 410 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER INDICATED A TORNADO
NEAR NEW LEBANON. THE TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH TOWARD THE
TOWN OF GREENVIEW.
 
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.
 
 
INNES

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 Nov 7, 3:09 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 7, 3:09 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
309 PM EST THU NOV 7 1996

CONCERNS THIS RUN ARE CHC/S FOR HVY RN THIS EVE AND EVALUATION
OF NEED FOR FFA. LTST SFC ANLYS SHWS STG CDFNT FM NR TOL TO NR MIE
TO JUST W OF SDF. MRGNLY UNSBL AMS HAS DVLPD AHD OF THIS FNT. THIS FNT
HS BEEN PARALLEL TO UPR FLO AND SHWN VRY SLO EWD MVNT. UPR TROF OVR
NATIONS MID SECTION SHARPENS UP AND TAKES ON A NEG TILT THRU PD. WV
IMGRY SWHS MAIN S/WV IN MN TROF PSN LFTG NE THRU MO. AS SFC WV OVR SRN
IN LFTS NE PRECIP WL BGN TO ACCELERATE. LN OF CNVTN HS DVLPD ALONG THE
FNT FM SRN IN THRU KY. THREAT FOR SVR-WX IN FORM OF DMGG WNDS WL OCCUR
ACRS XTRM SRN OH AND NRN KY THRU ERLY EVE. PW VALUES XPCTD TO INCRS TO
1.4 TO 1.5 INCHES. XPCT TO SEE SOME POCKETS OF MOD TO HVY RN THRU EVE
ESP ACRS SRN OH WHERE BEST MSTR AND INSTBY IS IN PLACE. XPCT TO SEE
1 TO 1.5 BASIN AVG PRECIP VALUES WHICH WL APPROACH FFG. THEREFORE...DUE
NOT XPCT TO SEE WIDESPREAD FLOODING. H8 60KT SRLY JET OFFERING GOOD
LO LVL CNRGC COUPLED WITH RR QUAD OF 130 KT H3 JET PROVIDING GOOD
UPR DIV ACRS SRN OH THIS EVE WHICH SHIFTS E INTO ERN OH BY 06Z.

PREFER NGM MOVEMENT OF FNT WITH SFC WV NR CVG AT 00Z AND JUST E OF
CLE BY 06Z. NGM GRIDDED TSEC/S SHWG DRY SLOT WORKING INTO WRN OH OVRNGT.
WITH UPR TROF LAGGING OH WL SEE INCRS IN LO LVL MSTR FRI AFTN/NGT
WITH WRAP ARND MSTR. QUESTION IS PRECIP TYPE. LOOKING AT CRITICAL
RN/SN THICKNESS 1000-850MB LYR RMNS WRM SO PRECIP SHUD BE ALL RAIN BUT
MAY MIX WITH A LTL SNW OVR W CNTRL DURG AFTN. CHC OF SNW SHWRS TO
CONT ACRS ALL OF CWA FRI NGT.

GOOD CAA BEHIND FNT...THERFORE PREFER READINGS CLOSER TO COOLER FAN
NUMBERS TNGT AND WL LKLY SEE NRLY STEADY TEMPS ON FRI.

CVG 043 046/032 038 +57
DAY 041 045/031 037 +68
CMH 046 048/033 037 +78

RANDALL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 7, 10:54 AM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
OHZ044>046-052>056-062>065-070>074-077>082-088-089-KYZ088>100-INZ
073>075-080-072200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1055 AM EST NOV 07 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
   EVENING...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS
EXTREME SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN OHIO AROUND SUNSET AND INTO CENTRAL
OHIO TONIGHT. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL
SYSTEM WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE THIS
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER
SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO AFTER MID
AFTERNOON AND INTO CENTRAL OHIO DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

RANDALL
Special weather statement, Nov 7, 1:48 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
OHZ063-064-070>074-077>082-088-089-KYZ088>100-INZ058-059-066-
073>075-080-070100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
148 PM EST NOV 07 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR SOUTHEAST
INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO.
SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE....CINCINNATI...WILMINGTON...
HAMILTON...CHILLICOTHE AND PORTSMOUTH.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO WESTERN OHIO AROUND SUNSET AND INTO CENTRAL
BY MIDNIGHT. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL
SYSTEM WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE THIS
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
THE CINCINNATI AREA AROUND 4 PM.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE
STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

RANDALL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 3:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Preble42 min
Nov 7, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton30 min
Nov 7, 3:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami, Shelby45 min
Nov 7, 3:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery35 min
Nov 7, 4:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Warren40 min
Nov 7, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark47 min
Nov 7, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clinton26 min
Nov 7, 5:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Highland49 min
Nov 7, 5:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams49 min
Nov 7, 5:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin65 min
Nov 7, 5:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Ross, Scioto53 min
Nov 7, 5:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway53 min
Nov 7, 5:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware47 min
Nov 7, 6:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking, Licking60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.