Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Aug 1, 2003, 10:54 PM EDT (02:54 UTC)

Expired

Aug 1, 2003, 11:45 PM EDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mercer County, OH

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS51 KILN 020254
SVRILN
OHC107-020345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1053 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MERCER COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...

* AT 1053 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF CELINA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CELINA...
  COLDWATER...
  MONTEZUMA...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE STORMS PATH...TAKE COVER IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 4074 8481 4074 8444 4036 8443 4035 8482
          4050 8481

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 1, 10:00 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1000 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003

MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW PERSISTS ALOFT.  SHORT WAVE OVER ILLINOIS IS
ENHANCING CONVECTION THAT IS MAINLY OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND
NORTHWEST OHIO.  WIDELY SCATTERED TSRA ARE TRAILING THE MAIN
ACTIVITY INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.

WITH ACTIVITY NOT YET AFFECTING MOST OF OUR AREA...CHANCE POPS STILL
LOOK GOOD FOR TONIGHT.  REST OF FORECAST IS STILL HOLDING UP WELL SO
NO UPDATE IS NEEDED AT THIS POINT.

.ILN...NONE.

CONIGLIO

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-011115-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
530 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.
IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AN ISOLATED STORM TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS
AND HAIL ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

OHZ034-020030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
742 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING MERCER COUNTY...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF MUNCIE WAS PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WILL REACH
MERCER COUNTY BY 830 PM. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER
MEDIA SOURCES FOR ANY WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED.

CONIGLIO

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
0850 PM EDT FRI AUG 01 2003

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

0827 PM    ROCKFORD                  OH   0.75 IN HAIL
08/01/03   MERCER

BC

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

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.