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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 8, 2003Pickaway County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2003, 4:13 PM EDT for Pickaway County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2003, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2003, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pickaway County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 11:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2003-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

052 
WUUS51 KILN 082013
SVRILN
OHC129-082100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
413 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PICKAWAY COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

* AT 413 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLIAMSPORT...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES EAST OF WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ASHVILLE...
  CIRCLEVILLE...
  LOGAN ELM VILLAGE...
  SOUTH BLOOMFIELD...
  WILLIAMSPORT...

DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE STORMS
PATH...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 3958 8338 3942 8327 3957 8280 3981 8283
          3980 8307

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton42 min
Jun 8, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren44 min
Jun 8, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette52 min
Jun 8, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss43 min
Jun 8, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking24 min
Jun 8, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield37 min
Jun 8, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.