Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1996, 7:17 PM EDT for Adams County, Ohio. It was in force for 18 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, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1996, 7:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 082319 TORILN OHC001-082335- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 717 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 735 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST OHIO ...ADAMS COUNTY AT 715 PM EDT WEATHER SPOTTERS IN WEST UNION REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER BLUE CREEK BY 735 PM. 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 SHELT ER IS AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. &
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, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:13 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 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, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 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, 45 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
Local storm report, May 8, 6:43 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
640 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
627 PM BUTLER CONFIRMED TORNADO
PENDLETON KY BY POLICE
HOUSE DESTROYED
SANDLERLocal storm report, May 8, 6:46 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTION FOR SPACING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
645 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
627 PM BUTLER KY CONFIRMED TORNADO
PENDLETON BY POLICE
HOUSE DESTROYED
SANDLERLocal storm report, May 8, 7:01 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
700 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615 PM MILL CREEK KY WIND DAMAGE
CARROLL POSSIBLE TORNADO
TREES DOWN
HOUSE DAMAGED
BARN BLOWN DOWN
627 PM SW OF COVINGTON KY WIND DAMAGE
KENTON TRACTOR-TRAILER BLOWN
OVER
631 PM BUTLER KY 70 MPH WIND GUST
PENDLETONLocal storm report, May 8, 7:07 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON, KY
708 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615 PM OWENTON KY WIDESPREAD TREES
OWEN DOWN AND POWER LINES
DOWN. SOME HOUSES
DAMAGED DUE TO DOWNED TREES.
DIANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 35 min |
| May 8, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 31 min |
| May 8, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 28 min |
| May 8, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 33 min |
| May 8, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 46 min |
| May 8, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Scioto | 32 min |
| May 8, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Scioto | 16 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.