Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Aug 9, 2000, 10:05 AM EDT (14:05 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 2000, 10:45 AM EDT

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS51 KILN 091405
SVRILN
OHC021-023-091445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1005 AM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  CLARK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT...

* AT 1005 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW CARLISLE...OR ABOUT 3
  MILES NORTHEAST OF TIPP CITY...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  URBANA...
  SPRINGFIELD...
  NEW CARLISLE...
  MECHANICSBURG...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS.

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

$$
RANDALL

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 9, 9:50 AM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
950 AM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

MCS MOVG ACRS NWRN PORTION OF CWFA. LTST SAT VSBL PIX SHWG LWR CLDS
ACRS ABT NRN HALF OF FA WITH MAINLY CLR SKIES TO THE S. MCS LOOKS TO
BE TRACKING PRETTY MUCH ESE ALG THIS BNDRY. THIS AREA ALREADY UNSTBL
WITH DWPTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S AND 12Z ILN RAOB SHWG A CAPE OF
1500 J/KG. THUS...SHUD CONT TO SEE MCS TRACK ACRS FA THRU RMNDR
MRNG. MRNG ACTVTY MAY LIMIT INSTBLTY A BIT FOR THIS AFTN BUT WITH
CRNT TSTMS MOVG E AT ABT 50 MPH...DO XPCT TO SEE SOME CLRG ON BACK
SIDE THRU THIS AFTN. THIS SHUD ALLOW AREA TO DSTBLZ AGN THRU LATE
AFTN. TRYING TO MODIFY MRNG SNDG FOR THIS AFTN GIVES CAPE3S OF ARND
4000 J/KG ASSUMING WE CAN WRM INTO THE UPR 80S. WL NOT MESS TO MUCH
WITH AFTN WORDING IN FCST BUT WL TRY TO DROP SOME OF THE CRNT WATCH
ACRS THE FAR NW WITH ZONE UPDATE.

.ILN...NONE.

LOTT

In the hours before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-091500-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
520 AM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
NORTHERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA...AND
SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS MODERATE RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING AROUND DAYTON...
BELLEFONTAINE...COLUMBUS...SPRINGFIELD...CINCINNATI AND PORTSMOUTH IN
OHIO. ALSO IN THE MODERATE RISK AREA ARE RICHMOND AND VERSAILLES
INDIANA AND MAYSVILLE AND CARROLLTON KENTUCKY.

A WARM...MOIST AND EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IS EXPECTED TO
BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY.  A COLD FRONT WILL DROP
SOUTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND SOUTH OF THuE FRONT.
SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL AND WINDS WELL IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

WILKINSON

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.