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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 14, 1997Robertson County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1997, 6:02 PM EDT for Robertson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 63 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: Jul 14, 1997, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 1997, 7:05 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Robertson County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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
Jul 14, 6:05 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Piqua, KY	Trees downed.

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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1298 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 25 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 142203 RRA
SVRILN
KYC201-142305-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
602 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 705 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY

   ...ROBERTSON COUNTY
 
AT 600 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF MOUNT OLIVET.  THIS STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH.  TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE MOUNT OLIVET AND PIQUA.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS SINCE THEY CAN EASILY SHATTER IN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR APPLIANCES
UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

KELLS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 14, 2:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
248 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

TRW POPPING THIS AFT ACRS TRI-ST AREA...SLOW-MVRS...BUT NO HAIL OR WIND
AS OF YET. WBZ PRETTY HI AT 13KFT THIS AM AND UPR LVL WNDS CONT TO BE
PRETTY LIGHT. UPR LVL WNDS FROM THE EAST HWVR...ARE PROVIDING A LTL UPR
DVRG AND THIS CUD BE HELPING TRW TO DVLP. FEW TOPS TO 45KFT.

SHUD SEE ACTIVITY DIE AFT SUNSET AS MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN. WILL PROB
HAVE TO WAIT TIL TUES FOR MORE TRW. CUD BE SOONER FOR NW OHIO CLOSER TO
CRNT ACTIVITY AND FNT.

THINKING PARTLY CLOUDY OVRNITE W/ WRM TEMPS ARND 70 MOST AREAS.ISOLD
TRW CUD POP UP OR ADVT IN BUT THINKING VERY LO POPS IF ANY.

FOR TUES...AM TRW POSS IN NW OHIO W/ POPS DROPPING TO NR ZERO BY
AFTERNOON THERE. FOR REST OF THE REGION...THINKING 40 POPS JUST ABT
EVERYWHERE AS FNT MVS INTO LIMA AREA BY MIDDAY AND PROB LEADING TROF
MVNG THRU REST OF REGION. PARTLY CLOUDY...TEMPS SHUD CONT TO BE WRM AND
CUD BE CLOSE TO 90 ONCE AGAIN. HUMID.

FNT WILL BE SLOW MVNG AND SHUD BE MVNG OUT OF OUR REGION ARND MIDNITE
TO EARLY AM WED. CONT OF HOT BHND FNT. GUID TEMPS LOOK PRETTY HI FOR
WED AFT FNTL PASSAGE.

CVG 70/89/65/88 24-0
DAY 70/87/65/88 24-0
CMH 68/88/65/88 24-0

FARINA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
426 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0405 PM    CLARKSVILLE               OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   CLINTON                        TREES DOWN NEAR COWAN LAKE

Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
426 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0405 PM    CLARKSVILLE               OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97   CLINTON                        TREES DOWN NEAR COWAN LAKE

Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
429 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0428 PM    MASON                     OH   FLOODING
07/14/97   WARREN                         BASEMENT FLOODING REPORTED
                                          IN NUMEROUS HOUSES

Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
429 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0428 PM    MASON                     OH   FLOODING
07/14/97   WARREN                         BASEMENT FLOODING REPORTED
                                          IN NUMEROUS HOUSES

Local storm report, Jul 14, 5:54 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
554 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0310 PM    KINGS MILLS               OH   .88 INCH HAIL
07/14/97   WARREN                         NICKLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY NWS EMPLOYEE

Local storm report, Jul 14, 5:55 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
554 PM EDT MON JUL 14 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0310 PM    KINGS MILLS               OH   .88 INCH HAIL
07/14/97   WARREN                         NICKLE SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY NWS EMPLOYEE

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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.