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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 225, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 9, 2000Bracken County, Mason County, Kentucky; Brown County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 7:44 PM EDT for Bracken County, Mason County, Kentucky; Brown County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports 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: Aug 9, 2000, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bracken County, KY, Mason County, KY, Brown County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 9, 7:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Countywide, OH	Numerous trees downed.
Aug 9, 7:45 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Augusta, KY	Numerous trees and power lines knocked down.
Aug 9, 8:00 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Countywide, KY	Numerous trees downed across the county.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 9, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 9, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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: 2404 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 8.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KILN 092345
SVRILN
KYC023-161-OHC015-100045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MASON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

* AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIPLEY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  SOUTH OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  RIPLEY...
  ABERDEEN...
  WASHINGTON...
  MAYSVILLE...
  LEWISBURG...
  BROOKSVILLE...
  AUGUSTA...

AT 744 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 65 MPH WINDS NEAR 
MAYSVILLE.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

&
$$
TIPTON

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 Aug 9, 7:40 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 7:40 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
740 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

SOUTHWARD PUSH OF STORMS HAS SLOWED DURG PAST HR OR SO AND BEGINNING
TO GET SOME SIG TRAINING. WL GO AHD AND% ISSUE AN FFA FOR SE PORTIONS
OF FA THRU MIDNIGHT. WL ALSO TWEAK NRN ZONES TO CLEAR SOME CNTYS FROM
WATCH 669.

.ILN...FFA THRU MIDNT FOR KYZ097>100-OHZ078-079-081-088.

LOTT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 9, 2:25 PM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
225 PM EDT WED AUG 09 2000

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

0940 AM    FAIRVIEW                  IN   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   FAYETTE                        TREES DOWN IN THE
                                          WESTERN PART OF THE
                                          COUNTY.

1035 AM    JACKSONVILLE              OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   CLARK                          TREES DOWN AROUND
                                          GERMAN TOWNSHIP.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1045 AM    PLAIN CITY                OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   MADISON                        TREES...POWER LINES AND
                                          POWER POLES DOWN.
                                          DAMAGE COUNTY WIDE.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1127 AM    LANCASTER                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   FAIRFIELD                      NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
                                          COUNTY WIDE. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          OFFICIAL.

1130 AM    NEWARK                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   LICKING                        SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1130 AM    KIRKERSVILLE              OH   1 INCH HAIL
08/09/00   LICKING                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

1130 AM    ST MARYS                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
08/09/00   AUGLAIZE                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

Local storm report, Aug 9, 2:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
230 PM EDT WED AUG 09 2000

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

1140 AM    LOGAN                     OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   HOCKING                        TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE

1215 PM    LUCASVILLE                OH   WIND DAMAGE
08/09/00   SCIOTO                         TREES AND POWER LINES
M                                          DOWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 10:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll	51 min
Aug 9, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Campbell, Kenton	44 min
Aug 9, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone	37 min
Aug 9, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	45 min
Aug 9, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pendleton	43 min
Aug 9, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Campbell, Kenton	52 min
Aug 9, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone	62 min
Aug 9, 9:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	46 min
Aug 9, 9:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	42 min
Aug 9, 9:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	46 min
Aug 9, 9:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Miami	37 min
Aug 9, 9:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Shelby	33 min
Aug 9, 9:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery	47 min
Aug 9, 10:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark	40 min
Aug 9, 10:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Madison	32 min
Aug 9, 10:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin, Pickaway	41 min
Aug 9, 11:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	43 min
Aug 9, 11:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking	41 min
Aug 9, 11:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	48 min
Aug 9, 12:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	43 min
Aug 9, 1:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize	36 min
Aug 9, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Logan	33 min
Aug 9, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	49 min
Aug 9, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Union	52 min
Aug 9, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Franklin	46 min
Aug 9, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Shelby	29 min
Aug 9, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark	37 min
Aug 9, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	64 min
Aug 9, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield	41 min
Aug 9, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler	39 min
Aug 9, 5:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Butler, Preble	48 min
Aug 9, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	58 min
Aug 9, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking, Pickaway	49 min
Aug 9, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland	45 min
Aug 9, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Warren	41 min
Aug 9, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	52 min
Aug 9, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery	33 min
Aug 9, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	52 min
Aug 9, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams	66 min
Aug 9, 6:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Brown	25 min
Aug 9, 6:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Brown	84 min
Aug 9, 6:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams	46 min
Aug 9, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	58 min
Aug 9, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking	52 min
Aug 9, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	63 min
Aug 9, 7:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams	116 min
Aug 9, 7:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Scioto	50 min
Aug 9, 7:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pickaway	32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.