Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2003, 12:39 AM EDT for Darke County, Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 2, 2003, 12:39 AM EDT (04:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2003, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Darke County, OH, Preble County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
818
WUUS51 KILN 020439
SVRILN
OHC037-135-020530-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1239 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DARKE COUNTY IN OHIO...
PREBLE COUNTY IN OHIO...
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT...
* AT 1239 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF LEWISBURG...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
NORTH OF EATON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ARCANUM...
GREENVILLE...
LEWISBURG...
NEW MADISON...
NEW PARIS...
WAYNE COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN WAYNE COUNTY
WITH THIS STORM.
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 4016 8463 3990 8481 3970 8481 3978 8452
4006 8443
$$
TIPTNWhat 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 Aug 1, 10:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 10:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 5:30 AM EDT, 19 hours 9 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-011115- 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
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:42 PM EDT, 4 hours 57 minutes 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
Local storm report, Aug 1, 8:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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
BCLocal storm report, Aug 1, 11:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
1138 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1128 PM SAINT MARYS OH WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03 AUGLAIZE SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY
TRAINED SPOTTER.
RLGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 11:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 1:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 22 min |
| Aug 2, 1:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 1:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 1:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Union | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 5:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 114 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.