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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2003, 7:16 PM EST for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 59 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
- Jul 4, 2003, 7:16 PM EST (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2003, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wayne County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1527 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
331 WUUS51 KILN 050016 SVRILN INC177-050115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 716 PM EST FRI JUL 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WAYNE COUNTY IN INDIANA... * UNTIL 815 PM EST... * AT 716 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF FOUNTAIN CITY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF CENTERVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... CENTERVILLE... FOUNTAIN CITY... RICHMOND... 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 4008 8495 4002 8517 3973 8514 3973 8479
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 Jul 4, 6:28 PM EST, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:28 PM EST, 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 728 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003 HAVE UPDATED ZONES FOR NEW WATCH UNTIL 4Z THAT INCLUDES MOST OF COUNTIES NOT IN OTHER WATCH UNTIL 4Z SAVE SOME KY COUNTIES. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT BUT ROTATION HAS BEEN SEEN IN SOME OF THE STORMS IN THE NW. .ILN... SVR TS WATCH UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR OHZ026-034-035-042>044-051>053 OHZ045-046-054>056 SVR TS WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR INZ050-058-059-OHZ060>062 OHZ063>065-074-77 INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ091>093-OHZ070>072-078 OHZ073-079>082-088 HEAT ADVISORY FOR HAMILTON COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY 8 PM. CENTER
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:33 AM EST, 14 hours 43 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-041130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 533 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CREATE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 TODAY. AS A RESULT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CINCINNATI (HAMILTON COUNTY). THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS MAINLY AFTER SUNSET NORTH OF DAYTON AND COLUMBUS AS A COLD FRONT SLIDES SOUTH INTO NORTHERN OHIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTH INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING AFTERNOON/EVENING THREATS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. TIPTON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:37 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
437 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM COLUMBUS OH WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 FRANKLIN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDES
OF TOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
RLGLocal storm report, Jul 4, 3:41 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
441 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0310 PM BELLEFONTAINE OHIO WIND DAMAGE
200307 LOGAN A FEW POWER POLES DOWN IN
TOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0340 PM MARYSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
200307 UNION LARGE LIMBS
DOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
RLGLocal storm report, Jul 4, 3:52 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
452 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0310 PM BELLEFONTAINE OH WIND DAMAGE
200307 LOGAN A FEW POWER POLES DOWN IN
TOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0340 PM MARYSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
200307 UNION LARGE LIMBS
DOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
RLG
...CORRECTION TO FORMAT...Local storm report, Jul 4, 3:57 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
457 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0310 PM BELLEFONTAINE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 LOGAN A FEW POWER POLES
DOWN REPORTED BY LAW TOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0340 PM MARYSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 UNION LARGE LIMBS
DOWN...REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT. ENFORCEMENT.
RLG
...CORRECTION TO FORMAT...Local storm report, Jul 4, 6:40 PM EST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
740 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM 5 NW CELINA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 MERCER SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND
LARGE LIMBS...REPORTED BY
TRAINED SPOTTER AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
RLGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 7:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 6:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Wayne | 48 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.