Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2002, 4:01 PM EDT for Clark County, Madison County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 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
- Jun 27, 2002, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, OH, Madison County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | London, OH | Trees were knocked down at the intersection of US 42 and Spring Valley Road, and throughout the central part of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 1717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KILN 272001 SVRILN OHC023-097-272100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 401 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MADISON COUNTY IN OHIO... CLARK COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT... * AT 401 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CHARLESTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... LONDON... MOUNT STERLING... SOUTH CHARLESTON... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE STORMS PATH...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. 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. $$ TIPTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 1:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 67 min |
| Jun 27, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Licking | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 40 min |
| Jun 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 47 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.