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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 7, 2003Darke County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2003, 12:30 AM EDT for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2003, 12:30 AM EDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2003, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Darke County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 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.

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 7, 12:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 1162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

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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 6, 11:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 11:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1114 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

DID A QUICK UPDATE TO POST FLOOD WATCH IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH
8 AM.  THIS IS FOR CONVECTION THAT HAS QUICKLY FILLED IN OVER
NORTHERN INDIANA AND IS DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST.

.ILN...NONE.
OH...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 8 AM FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO.
IN...NONE.
KY...NONE.
 TIPTON

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:53 AM EDT, 19 hours 37 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-061045-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
453 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.  THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
THESE STORMS COULD ALSO CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY THOSE
THAT OCCUR NORTH OF I-70.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST
AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS AS A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT OSCILLATES OVER
THE OHIO VALLEY.  LOCALIZED FLOODING THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

 TIPTON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 6:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
659 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

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

0610 PM    MOUNT HEALTHY             OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/03   HAMILTON                       MANY TREES DOWN REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Local storm report, Jul 6, 7:22 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
722 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

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

0300 PM    1 N DRY RIDGE             KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/03   GRANT                          POWER LINES DOWN

RLG

Local storm report, Jul 6, 7:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
748 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

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

0520 PM    SPRINGFIELD               OH   64 MPH WIND GUST
07/06/03   CLARK                          REPORTED AT CHANNEL 12
                                          (DAYTON) OBSERVING STATION
                                          AT SPRINGFIELD SUN

RLG

Local storm report, Jul 6, 8:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
822 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

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

0615 PM    COLUMBUS                  OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/03   FRANKLIN                       TREES REPORTED DOWN ON
                                          WEST SIDE OF CITY

Local storm report, Jul 6, 9:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
918 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

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

0905 PM    SAINT MARYS               OH   FLOOD
07/06/03   AUGLAIZE                       SEVERAL ROADS WITH HIGH
                                          WATER

0752 PM    1 N SAINT HENRY           OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/03   MERCER                         TREES, POWER LINES AND
                                          POWER POLES DOWN

RLG

Local storm report, Jul 6, 9:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
928 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003

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

0920 PM    CELINA                    OH   FLASH FLOOD
07/06/03   MERCER                         HIGH WATER ON SEVERAL
                                          ROADS

0815 PM    NEW PARIS                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/06/03   PREBLE                         TREES DOWN

RLG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	27 min
Jul 6, 11:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Mercer	6 hr
Jul 7, 12:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize	3 hr
Jul 7, 1:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Miami	42 min
Jul 7, 1:38 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Logan	2 hr
Jul 7, 1:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene	43 min
Jul 7, 3:58 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize	3 hr
Jul 7, 4:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Darke	3 hr
Jul 7, 5:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Mercer	4 hr
Jul 7, 1:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Mercer	118 min
Jul 7, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer	52 min
Jul 7, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin, Logan, Shelby	60 min
Jul 7, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin	47 min
Jul 7, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Licking	42 min
Jul 7, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield	46 min
Jul 7, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Wayne	40 min
Jul 7, 1:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Wayne	2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2003 Every 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.