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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 5, 2003Clermont County, Hamilton County, Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2003, 12:27 AM EST for Clermont County, Hamilton County, Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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
Apr 5, 2003, 12:27 AM EST (05:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2003, 1:00 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 4, 10:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 628 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 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
628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KILN 050527
SVRILN
OHC025-061-165-050600-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1225 AM EST SAT APR 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN OHIO...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN OHIO...
  CLERMONT COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 100 AM EST...

* AT 1225 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MASON TO 4 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BATAVIA...
  BLUE ASH...
  DEER PARK...
  LOVELAND...
  MASON...
  MILFORD...
  MORROW...
  SHARONVILLE...

THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND 
SMALL HAIL.

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

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 3943 8440 3904 8450 3907 8401 3941 8398

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 10:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Preble24 min
Apr 4, 11:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble29 min
Apr 4, 11:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami, Montgomery47 min
Apr 4, 11:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Union40 min
Apr 4, 11:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton24 min
Apr 4, 11:40 PM ESTTornado WarningILNFayette, Madison, Montgomery35 min
Apr 4, 11:43 PM ESTTornado WarningILNMontgomery32 min
Apr 4, 11:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Clinton, Greene, Warren30 min
Apr 4, 11:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton33 min
Apr 5, 12:07 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Madison38 min
Apr 5, 12:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway, Ross39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.