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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 8, 1996Bracken County, Kentucky; Brown County, Clermont County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1996, 6:37 PM EDT for Bracken County, Kentucky; Brown County, Clermont County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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
May 8, 1996, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 1996, 7:05 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bracken County, KY, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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
May 8, 6:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Higginsport, OH
May 8, 6:46 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Neville, OH
May 8, 6:46 PM EDTTornado F0Neville, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 1996-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 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, 2:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
213 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996

LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS WARM FRONT ACROSS CNTRL OH...BUT ONLY A
LITTLE CLEARING HAS OCCURRED SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY.  ADAP SHOWS
ATMOSPHERE TO BE WEAKLY UNSTABLE FROM SFC PARCEL AND SOME MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE OCCURRING OVER SWRN OH.  EXPECT LARGE MCS TO MOVE INTO AREA
LATE PM INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  FLASH FLOOD WATCH WL BE EXTENDED
THROUGH 400 AM THU PER COORDINATION WITH CLE.

WARM FRONT WL CONT TO LIFT NWD OVERNIGHT REACHING NRN OH BY THU AM.
MODELS SHOW BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND MOISTURE OVER NRN AREAS SO
HIGHEST POPS THERE.  HOWEVER...FOR CMH-DAY AND SOUTH CONDITIONS WL BE
UNSTABLE AND WITH POSSIBLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WL INCLUDE CHC POPS THERE
FOR THU PER COORDINATION WITH CLE.  WL LEAVE SOUTH DRY FOR THU NIGHT
WITH POPS INCLUDED FOR NORTH.  CHC TRW AGAIN FOR FRI.

PM HIGHS MAY BE A DEGREE OR TWO HIGH FOR NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT WL STICK
CLOSE TO MOS TEMPS.

CVG 64/83/65/82 7303
CMH 61/81/64/81 7324
DAY 61/80/63/81 7324

WILKINSON

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 2:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
KYZ089>092-094-095-INZ073-075-080-090100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
253 PM EDT (153 PM EST) WED MAY 8 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY
AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EDT (800 PM EST)...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN ILLINOIS WAS INTENSIFYING THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVING EASTWARD INTO WESTERN INDIANA.  THE ATMOSPHERE
ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY WAS BECOMING UNSTABLE
WHICH WILL ALLOW THESE STORMS TO MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH WHEN THEY
ARRIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS WHIC^H COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA SHOULD KEEP AN
EYE TO THE SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

WILKINSON
Special weather statement, May 8, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
KYZ089>092-094-095-INZ073-075-080-090100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
253 PM EDT (153 PM EST) WED MAY 8 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY
AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EDT (800 PM EST)...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN ILLINOIS WAS INTENSIFYING THIS
AFTERNOON AND MOVING EASTWARD INTO WESTERN INDIANA.  THE ATMOSPHERE
ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY WAS BECOMING UNSTABLE
WHICH WILL ALLOW THESE STORMS TO MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH WHEN THEY
ARRIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA SHOULD KEEP AN
EYE TO THE SKY AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

SANDLER...RESENT FOR COMMUNICATION TEST...
Special weather statement, May 8, 6:00 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
OHZ081-079-070-078-077-080-082-088-071-KYZ091-097-093-089-090-095-
092-100-099-094-096-201-090400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
600 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WERE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN
INDIANA AT 6 PM. THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND FAR
SOUTHERN OHIO THIS EVENING. THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH SOME OF
THESE STORMS AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR SEVERE WEATHER
UPDATES.

SANDLER
Special weather statement, May 8, 6:32 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
INZ074-075-073-080-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
631 PM EDT (531 PM EST) WED MAY 8 1996

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED EARLIER IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT
FOR ANY PART OF INDIANA.

AT 630 PM EDT (530 PM EST) THE SEVERE LINE OF STORMS HAD MOVED EAST
INTO SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY.  THEREFORE...T|HE SEVERE
THREAT THIS EVENING HAS ENDED FOR INDIANA.

SANDLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll30 min
May 8, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Gallatin, Grant, Owen36 min
May 8, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNKenton29 min
May 8, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCampbell, Pendleton31 min
May 8, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken35 min
May 8, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRobertson35 min
May 8, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMason31 min
May 8, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis33 min
May 8, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis21 min
May 8, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto46 min
May 8, 7:17 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAdams18 min
May 8, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningILNScioto32 min
May 8, 7:59 PM EDTTornado WarningILNScioto16 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.