Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2000, 9:14 PM EDT for Mason County, Kentucky; Adams County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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
- Sep 20, 2000, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2000, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mason County, KY, Adams County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Peebles, OH | Trees knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
| Sep 20, 10:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Countywide, KY | Trees knocked down across the county, especially across the eastern part. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 628 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 807 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KILN 210115 SVRILN KYC161-OHC001-131-210215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 914 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MASON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY... ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT... * AT 914 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... WEST UNION... SEAMAN... PIKE LAKE... PEEBLES... MANCHESTER... KINCAID SPRINGS... WASHINGTON... MAYSVILLE... LEWISBURG... GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS ]OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
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 Sep 20, 8:38 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 8:38 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 838 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000 00Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT FROM NEAR CMH...EXTENDING TO ILN AND EAST OF CVG. SVR WEATHER ACTIV4ITY IS CEASING JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. WILL BE ISSUING AN UPDATE SOON TO CUT AWAY WATCH 744 FROM THE WESTERN AREAS. WATCH 744 WILL CONTINUE FOR EASTERN AREAS UNTIL 11 PM EDT. .ILN...NONE. HICKMAN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 20, 5:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
501 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0345 PM LOGAN OH WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 HOCKING TREE DOWN IN LOGAN
0350 PM ROCKBRIDGE OH WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 HOCKING TWO LARGE TREES DOWN JUST
OUTSIDE OF
ROCKBRIDGE
JDRLocal storm report, Sep 20, 6:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
506 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
600 PM RICHMOND IN WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 WAYNE TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
600 PM CONNERSVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 FAYETTE TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
MJDRLocal storm report, Sep 20, 7:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
506 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
630 PM 3 S EATON OH 65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
09/20/00 PREBLE
630 PM DAYTON OH 63 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
09/20/00 MONTGOMERY
0720 PM TROY OH WIND DAMAGE
09/20/00 MIAMI TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
JDRSpecial weather statement, Sep 20, 8:50 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>093-OHZ026-034-035-042>044- 051>053-060>062-070-071-077-210145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 850 PM EDT WED SEP 20 2000 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 744 CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN OHIO AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... ...THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF RICHMOND...DAYTON...CINCINNATI AND CARROLLTON... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 744 CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 11 PM EDT... AT 845 PM EDT...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS MOVED INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS RAPIDLY STABILIZED BEHIND THE FRONT. THUS...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA...PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN OHIO AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HICKMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 41 min |
| Sep 20, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 81 min |
| Sep 20, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 43 min |
| Sep 20, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette | 32 min |
| Sep 20, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway, Ross | 66 min |
| Sep 20, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 43 min |
| Sep 20, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 40 min |
| Sep 20, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 50 min |
| Sep 20, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike | 61 min |
| Sep 20, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.