Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 8, 1996, 8:02 PM EDT for Clark County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1996, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Bethel Twp, 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILN 090005 TORILN OHC023-090030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 802 PM EDT WED MAY 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...CLARK COUNTY AT 800 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATE A TORNADO LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE HARMONY...SOUTH VIENNA AND SUMMERFORD. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. YOUR QUICK REACTION TO THIS TORNADO WARNING MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STRONGER SHELTER. REMEMBER...MOST TORNADO DEATHS OCCUR IN MOBILE HOMES.
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 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:13 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 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
Local storm report, May 8, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 55 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.
DIANLocal storm report, May 8, 7:18 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON, KY
718 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
646 PM NEVILLE OH POSSIBLE TORNADO.
SRN CLERMONT NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
ONE TRAILER DESTROYED.
U.S. 52 CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED
TREES.
DIANLocal storm report, May 8, 7:25 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
725 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
646 PM NEVILLE OH POSSIBLE TORNADO.
SRN CLERMONT NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
ONE TRAILER DESTROYED.
U.S. 52 CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED@
TREES.
DIAN
CORRECTED FOR LOCATION IN HEADERLocal storm report, May 8, 7:26 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
726 PM EDT WED MAY 08 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
646 PM NEVILLE OH POSSIBLE TORNADO.
SRN CLERMONT NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
ONE TRAILER DESTROYED.
U.S. 52 CLOSED DUE TO DOWNEDD
TREES.
DIAN
CORRECTED FOR LOCATION IN HEADERLocal storm report, May 8, 7:55 PM EDT, 7 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
SANDLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 28 min |
| May 8, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Madison | 19 min |
| May 8, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison | 34 min |
| May 8, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Franklin | 30 min |
| May 8, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Franklin | 30 min |
| May 8, 9:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 45 min |
| May 8, 10:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin | 117 min |
| May 8, 10:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 3 hr |
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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.