Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 214, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 10, 2003Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2003, 4:11 PM EDT for Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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 10, 2003, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2003, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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 10, 12:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 98 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: 198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 10, 3:56 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 3:56 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 5:25 AM EDT, 10 hours 46 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-101115-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
525 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT
APPROACHES THE REGION.  SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY
THREATS.  HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP...WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

RYAN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 11:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-102100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1100 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND
OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING.
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
REGION.  THE COMBINATION OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND DAYTIME
HEATING WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.
ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...
FURTHER AGGRAVATING EXISTING FLOODING PROBLEMS.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. WINDS IN THE LOWER
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR A FEW OF THE STORMS TO ROTATE...AND
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE REGION LATER
TODAY AND TONIGHT.  LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

Local storm report, Jul 10, 11:58 AM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
1158 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2003

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

0730 PM    DRY RIDGE                 KY   FLOOD
07/09/03   GRANT                          2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT
                                          STEVENS AND CLARKS CREEK.
                                          BOTH OUT OF BANKFULL.
                                          REPORTED BY COUNTY ROAD
                                          GARAGE.

0845 PM    CARROLLTON                KY   FLOOD
07/09/03   CARROLL                        BETWEEN 715 AM THROUGH 845
                                          AM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
                                          RAINFALL CAUSED HIGH WATER
                                          ON ROADS AND BASEMENT
                                          FLOODING. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

Local storm report, Jul 10, 1:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
102 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003

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

0655 PM    OWENTON                   KY   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/03   OWEN                           ON SR 227 NEAR WHEATLEY
                                          TREES DOWNED.REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0745 PM    AMELIA                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/03   CLERMAONT                      TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWNED AT POND RUN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0805 PM    MILFORD                   OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/03   CLERMONT                       3 TREES DOWNED IN EAST
                                          MILFORD. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0839 PM    2 W MT. ORAB              OH   WIND DAMAGE
07/09/03   BROWN                          2 TREES DOWNED ON EASTWOOD
                                          AND MALADY ROADS.

1230 AM    2 N OSGOOD                IN   FLOOD
07/10/03   RIPLEY                         AT NAPOLEON ROADS CLOSED
                                          DUE TO FLOODING. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0130 AM    6 W LAWRENCEBURG          IN   FLOOD
07/10/03   DEARBORN                       HIGH WATER OVER ROADS AT
                                          GUILFORD. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0500 AM    COLERAIN TWP              OH   FLOOD
07/10/03   HAMILTON                       HIGH WATER OVER ROADS.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0500 AM    FAIRFIELD BEACH           OH   FLOOD
07/10/03   FAIRFIELD                      HIGH WATER OVER ROADS.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0600 AM    VERSAILLES                IN   FLOOD
07/10/03   RIPLEY                         BETWEEN 6 AM THROUGH 700
                                          AM HIGH WATER OVER ROADS.
                                          ALSO LAUGHERY CREEK IS AT
                                          BANFULL. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0500 AM    MASON                     OH   FLOOD
07/10/03   WARREN                         BETWEEN 330 AM AND 500 AM
                                          WATER OVER ROADS. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	39 min
Jul 9, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Highland	35 min
Jul 10, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	37 min
Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams	50 min
Jul 10, 3:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Pike	116 min
Jul 10, 3:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hocking	116 min
Jul 10, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	45 min
Jul 10, 3:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Scioto	117 min
Jul 10, 3:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Lewis	43 min
Jul 9, 11:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Ripley	2 hr
Jul 10, 1:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn	64 min

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.