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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 5, 1997Adams County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 5, 1997, 1:24 AM EST for Adams County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 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
Jan 5, 1997, 1:24 AM EST (06:24 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 1997, 2:30 AM EST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1997-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 1997-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
753 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
436 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.

744 
WUUS01 KILN 050627 RRA
SVRILN
OHC001-050730-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
124 AM EST SUN JAN 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY
 
AT 125 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
BROWN/ADAMS COUNTY BORDER. THE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 40
MPH AND WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WEST
UNION AND TRANQUILITY.
 
IT IS DANGEROUS TO BE OUTDOORS WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS IN
PROGRESS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR
A VEHICLE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...STAY AWAY FROM TOWERS
AND TALL TREES. CROUCH NEAR THE GROUND AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
FARINA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 11:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton36 min
Jan 5, 12:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Montgomery, Warren44 min
Jan 5, 12:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark35 min
Jan 5, 12:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clinton, Greene35 min
Jan 5, 12:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont17 min
Jan 5, 12:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Highland41 min
Jan 5, 12:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison41 min
Jan 5, 1:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin48 min
Jan 5, 1:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware69 min
Jan 5, 1:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway69 min
Jan 5, 1:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Ross61 min
Jan 5, 1:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto58 min
Jan 5, 1:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking58 min
Jan 5, 1:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking58 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.