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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 5, 20036 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2003, 12:51 AM EST for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 39 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, 12:51 AM EST (05:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2003, 1:30 AM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fairfield County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 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
Apr 4, 10:20 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Apr 5, 12:05 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KILN 050551
SVRILN
OHC045-049-073-089-129-141-050630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1249 AM EST SAT APR 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LICKING COUNTY IN OHIO...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN OHIO...
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN OHIO...
  PICKAWAY COUNTY IN OHIO...
  HOCKING COUNTY IN OHIO...
  ROSS COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 130 AM EST...

* AT 1249 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH     
  OF GROVEPORT TO FRANKFORT... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ASHVILLE...
  BALTIMORE...
  BEECHWOOD TRAILS...
  BEXLEY...
  BREMEN...
  BUCKEYE LAKE...
  CIRCLEVILLE...
  FAIRFIELD BEACH...
  FRANKFORT...
  GRANVILLE...
  GROVEPORT...
  HANOVER...
  HARBOR HILLS...
  HEATH...
  HEBRON...
  KINGSTON...
  LANCASTER...
  LOGAN...
  LOGAN ELM VILLAGE...
  MILLERSPORT...
  NEWARK...
  PATASKALA...
  PICKERINGTON...
  PLEASANTVILLE...
  SOUTH BLOOMFIELD...
  SUMMIT STATION...

WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS ARE EXPECTED IN 
THE WARNED AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE STORMS PATH...TAKE COVER IN A 
STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 3999 8296 3957 8311 3935 8336 3938 8242
          3960 8219 4017 8198

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 Apr 4, 8:15 PM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 8:15 PM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
815 PM EST FRI APR 4 2003

WITH UPDATED FORECAST THAT WAS JUST SENT ALSO ADJUSTED TIMING OF
PRECIPITATION IN SOME ZONES. EARLIER SCATTERED ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTH
DIMINISHED WITH LOSS OF HEATING. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL TAKE THE
APPROACH OF THE COLD FRONT TO GET PRECIPITATION INTO THAT PART OF
THE AREA. HOWEVER ACTIVITY CONTINUES OFF AND ON ACROSS NORTHERN
ZONES WHICH ARE CLOSER TO THE WARM FRONT.

.ILN...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 5:37 AM EST, 19 hours 14 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ034-035-042>046-051>056-
060>065-070>074-077>082-088-041030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
537 AM EST FRI APR 4 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO. HOWEVER...A POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS DOES EXIST IN PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI AND WHITEWATER
VALLEY REGIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS
EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 9:37 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
937 PM EST FRI APR 4 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0525 PM    1 N RATHBONE              OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/04/03   DELAWARE

0914 PM    3 NW ROCKFORD             OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/04/03   MERCER

Local storm report, Apr 5, 12:20 AM EST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
1220 AM EST SAT APR 5 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1143 PM    MIDDLETOWN                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/04/03   BUTLER

1140 PM    VANDALIA                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/04/03   MONTGOMERY

1115 PM    HOUSTON WOODS ST PK       OH   WIND DAMAGE
04/04/03   PREBLE                         ROOF OFF OF A BARN
                                          POWER POLES DOWN.
                                          SIDING OFF OF HOUSE

1140 PM    HARRISON TOWNSHIP         OH   59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/04/03   MONTGOMERY

1126 PM    DILLSBORO                 IN   69 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/04/03   DEARBORN

1150 PM    GLENDALE                  OH   55 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/04/03   HAMILTON

1130 PM    WEST COLLEGE CORNER       IN   WIND DAMAGE
04/04/03   UNION                          TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
                                          ROOF OFF OF BARN  IN
                                          NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY

1210 AM    SOUTH CHARLESTON          OH   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/04/03   CLARK

1209 AM    2 SE CENTERVILLE          OH   WIND DAMAGE
04/04/03   MONTGOMERY                     30 FOOT TOWER BLOWN DOWN

1149 PM    BEAVERCREEK               OH   WIND DAMAGE
04/04/03   GREENE                         SHINGLES OFF OF ROOFS

Local storm report, Apr 5, 12:20 AM EST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED SOFTWARE ERROR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
1220 AM EST SAT APR 5 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1143 PM    MIDDLETOWN                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/04/03   BUTLER

1140 PM    VANDALIA                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/04/03   MONTGOMERY

1115 PM    HOUSTON WOODS ST PK       OH   WIND DAMAGE
04/04/03   PREBLE                         ROOF OFF OF A BARN
                                          POWER POLES DOWN.
                                          SIDING OFF OF HOUSE

1140 PM    HARRISON TOWNSHIP         OH   59 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/04/03   MONTGOMERY

1126 PM    DILLSBORO                 IN   69 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/04/03   DEARBORN

1150 PM    GLENDALE                  OH   55 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/04/03   HAMILTON

1130 PM    WEST COLLEGE CORNER       IN   WIND DAMAGE
04/04/03   UNION                          TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
                                          ROOF OFF OF BARN  IN
                                          NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY

1210 AM    SOUTH CHARLESTON          OH   60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/05/03   CLARK

1209 AM    2 SE CENTERVILLE          OH   WIND DAMAGE
04/05/03   MONTGOMERY                     30 FOOT TOWER BLOWN DOWN

1149 PM    BEAVERCREEK               OH   WIND DAMAGE
04/04/03   GREENE                         SHINGLES OFF OF ROOFS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 10:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Preble	24 min
Apr 4, 11:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	29 min
Apr 4, 11:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Miami, Montgomery	47 min
Apr 4, 11:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Union	40 min
Apr 4, 11:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	24 min
Apr 4, 11:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fayette, Madison, Montgomery	35 min
Apr 4, 11:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Montgomery	32 min
Apr 4, 11:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Clinton, Greene, Warren	30 min
Apr 4, 11:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	33 min
Apr 5, 12:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Madison	38 min
Apr 5, 12:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	33 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.