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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 29, 1996Clark County, Greene County, Montgomery County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1996, 4:51 PM EDT for Clark County, Greene County, Montgomery County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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 29, 1996, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1996, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, OH, Greene County, OH, Montgomery County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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
Apr 29, 4:55 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Yellow Spgs, OH
Apr 29, 4:59 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Enon, OH
Apr 29, 5:35 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 60Medway, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 1996-04-29Temperature 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 1996-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -276 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
497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-76 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.

000 
TTAA00 KILN 292050
TORILN
OHC023-057-113-292130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
451 PM EDT MON APR 29 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING   EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...CLARK COUNTY...GREENE COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 450 PM WILMINGTON DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM THAT COULD
CONTAIN A TORNADO LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY OF DAYTON.
THE THUNDERSTORM CELL IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN
HOUR.
 
THE STORM WILL BE PASSING OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF DAYTON...HUBER HEIGHTS
AND NEAR TO FAIRBORN BEFORE HEADING FOR SPRINGFIELD. THE STORM WILL BE
INTO HUBER HEIGHTS BY 515 PM.
 
VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES OFFER NO SHELTER FROM A TORNADO. LEAVE
THEM IMMEDIATELY FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. IF THERE IS NO
BUILDING AVAILABLE AND YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LIE FLAT
IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT STAND UP
TO WATCH THE TORNADO.
 
DANGELO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren6 hr
Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Greene6 hr
Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble6 hr
Apr 29, 4:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNChampaign, Clark6 hr
Apr 29, 11:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke, Montgomery3 hr
Apr 29, 11:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNClermont3 hr
Apr 29, 3:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHamilton3 hr
Apr 29, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton48 min
Apr 29, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Warren40 min
Apr 29, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery49 min
Apr 29, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene52 min
Apr 29, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clinton, Highland52 min
Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams52 min
Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Madison52 min
Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign52 min
Apr 29, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland36 min
Apr 29, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark36 min
Apr 29, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Pickaway48 min
Apr 29, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware48 min
Apr 29, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Scioto47 min
Apr 29, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams51 min
Apr 29, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking52 min
Apr 29, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking39 min
Apr 29, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking18 min
Apr 29, 7:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNMontgomery4 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.