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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 10, 2003Lewis County, Kentucky; Adams County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2003, 4:38 PM EDT for Lewis County, Kentucky; Adams County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 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: May 10, 2003, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2003, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lewis County, KY, Adams County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 10, 12:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 10, 1:20 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

665 
WUUS51 KILN 102038
SVRILN
KYC135-OHC001-102130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
436 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN KENTUCKY...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

* AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF MANCHESTER...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  NORTH OF MAYSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  TRINITY...
  CLARKSBURG...
  VANCEBURG...
  MANCHESTER...
  BENTONVILLE...
  WRIGHTSVILLE...

LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE STORMS
PATH...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

LAT...LON 3871 8371 3879 8369 3874 8328 3862 8328
          3862 8315 3868 8310 3870 8305 3866 8305
          3857 8310 3850 8319 3858 8363 3864 8365
          3864 8371

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 May 10, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
322 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

WILL TRY TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS. CURRENT THUNDERSTORMS COMPLEX WILL
MOVE THROUGH EASTERN HALF OF FA LATE THIS AFTERNOON EARLY THIS
EVENING.  COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH AFTER 6Z.  EXPECT ANOTHER
SQUALL LINE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THIS WILL PUSH THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT.  WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TONIGHT WILL
EXTEND THE FFA TIL NOON SUNDAY.

AVN A LITTLE QUICKER WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT.  PREFER THE
SLOWER ETA WHICH LEAVES THE FRONT STRADDLED ACROSS MY CWA AT 12Z.

PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES BEHIND THE FRONT.  WILL ISSUE A WIND
ADVISORY.

WRAP AROUND PRECIPITATION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT.

SEE LITTLE REBOUND IN TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY...SO WILL DROP HIGHS A
COUPLE OF CATEGORIES.

.ILN....FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE FA UNTIL NOON SUNDAY.
        WIND ADVISORY ENTIRE FA SUNDAY.

SITES

Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 6:12 AM EDT, 10 hours 26 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-101215-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
612 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED EASTERN INDIANA IN A MODERATE
RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE REST OF THE
AREA IS UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

WARM AND HUMID AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
THIS MORNING WILL BE LARGE HAIL. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY
MORNING.  THERE WILL LIKELY BE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WHICH COULD CONTAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST BEHIND THE FRONT ON SUNDAY...LASTING
INTO MONDAY.  THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT EITHER
WIND ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 10, 2:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
200 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

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

0300 AM    AURORA                    IN   FLOOD
05/10/03   DEARBORN                       HIGH WATER ON US 50
                                          OUTSIDE AURORA

0300 AM    COUNTYWIDE                IN   FLOOD
05/10/03   SWITZERLAND                    ROADS WASHED OUT

0300 AM    COUNTYWIDE                KY   FLOOD
05/10/03   GALLATIN                       WATER ON ROADS

0500 AM    REXVILLE                  IN   FLASH FLOOD
05/10/03   RIPLEY                         WATER COVERED ROADS AROUND
                                          COUNTY ROAD 400 WEST

0500 AM    RISING SUN                IN   FLASH FLOOD
05/10/03   OHIO                           DEBRIS WASHED ON STATE
                                          ROUTE 232

0530 AM    COUNTYWIDE                IN   FLASH FLOOD
05/10/03   SWITZERLAND                    WATER OVER SEVERAL COUNTY
                                          ROADS

0530 AM    COUNTYWIDE                KY   FLASH FLOOD
05/10/03   BOONE                          WATER ON SOME COUNTY ROADS

0500 AM    COUNTYWIDE                KY   FLOOD
05/10/03   PENDLETON                      SEVERAL STREAMS OUT OF
                                          THEIR BANKS

0530 AM    CRESCENT SPRINGS          KY   FLASH FLOOD
05/10/03   KENTON                         TRAILER PARK EVACUATED DUE
                                          TO HIGH WATER

0400 AM    COUNTYWIDE                KY   FLASH FLOOD
05/10/03   GALLATIN                       WATER ON ROADS

0615 AM    COUNTYWIDE                KY   FLOOD
05/10/03   CAMPBELL                       HIGH WATER ON ROADS

0750 AM    LOVELAND                  OH   FLOOD
05/10/03   HAMILTON                       LOWLAND FLOODING

0830 AM    COUNTYWIDE                IN   FLOOD
05/10/03   DEARBORN                       COUNTY ROAD 448 CLOSED DUE
                                          TO HIGH WATER

0900 AM    COUNTYWIDE                KY   FLOOD
05/10/03   LEWIS                          WATER ACROSS ROADS

1006 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLOOD
05/10/03   ADAMS                          WATER ACROSS SEVERAL ROADS

1010 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLOOD
05/10/03   SCIOTO                         WATER ACROSS SEVERAL ROADS

0840 AM    BATAVIA                   OH   FLOOD
05/10/03   CLERMONT                       WATER ON AREA ROADS

0855 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLOOD
05/10/03   BROWN                          WATER OVER SEVERAL COUNTY
                                          ROADS

1000 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLOOD
05/10/03   HIGHLAND                       WATER OVER ROADS IN
                                          WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY

0955 AM    FAIRFAX                   OH   FLASH FLOOD
05/10/03   HAMILTON                       EVACUATIONS DUE TO
                                          FLOODING

0955 AM    DELHI                     OH   FLASH FLOOD
05/10/03   HAMILTON                       EVACUATIONS DUE TO
                                          FLOODING

1143 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLASH FLOOD
05/10/03   CLERMONT                       WATER ACROSS ROADS AT
                                          ROUTE 133 AND MARTIN ROAD

1240 PM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLASH FLOOD
05/10/03   BROWN                          CARS STRANDED DUE TO HIGH
                                          WATER

1137 AM    COUNTYWIDE                OH   FLASH FLOOD
05/10/03   ADAMS                          WATER ACROSS ROADS

Local storm report, May 10, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
250 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

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

0227 PM    CAMBRIDGE CITY            IN   WIND DAMAGE
05/10/03   WAYNE                          TREES DOWN

1221 PM    CONNERSVILLE              IN   .75 INCH HAIL
05/10/03   FAYETTE

0109 PM    WEST ALEXANDRIA           OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/10/03   PREBLE

0115 PM    3 SW NEW LEBANON          OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/10/03   MONTGOMERY

0146 PM    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB      OH   .88 INCH HAIL
05/10/03   GREENE

Special weather statement, May 10, 3:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089-OHZ026-034-035-042>044-051-052-
060-061-102100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
334 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO...ALL OF
INDIANA...CARROLL COUNTY KENTUCKY...AND PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY
CLOSE TO THE INDIANA BORDER.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THIS AREA AND THERE IS
NO LONGER A THREAT FOR TORNADOS THIS AFTERNOON.

COUNTIES THAT ARE NO LONGER IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE:

HARDIN         AUGLAIZE      MERCER     SHELBY
LOGAN          CHAMPAIGN     MIAMI      DARKE
MONTGOMERY     PREBLE        WAYNE      FAYETTE IN
UNION IN       FRANKLIN IN   RIPLEY     DEARBORN
OHIO           SWITZERLAND   CARROLL

IN THE MIAMI VALLEY...CLARK AND GREENE COUNTIES REMAIN IN THE WATCH
UNTIL 5 PM.

ALL OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CARROLL COUNTY
REMAINS IN THE WATCH UNTIL 5 PM.

ALL OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO REMAIN IN THE
WATCH UNTIL 5 PM.

FRANKS

Local storm report, May 10, 4:21 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
421 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

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

0413 PM    FELICITY                  OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/10/03   CLERMONT                       REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER.

RLG

Local storm report, May 10, 4:28 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
428 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

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

0424 PM    5 N BROOKSVILLE           KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/10/03   BRACKEN                        REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTER.

RLG

Special weather statement, May 10, 4:36 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

KYZ090>096-OHZ045-046-053>056-062>065-070>072-074-077-078-080-102100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
436 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL
OHIO...MUCH OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THIS AREA AND THERE IS
NO LONGER A THREAT FOR TORNADOS THIS AFTERNOON.

COUNTIES THAT ARE NO LONGER IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE:

IN OHIO:

UNION       DELAWARE        LICKING     MADISON
FAYETTE     FRANLIN OH      FAIRFIELD   FAYETTE OH
PICKAWAY    HOCKING         WARREN      BUTLER
HAMILTON    CLERMONT        HIGHLAND

IN KENTUCKY:

BOONE       KENTON          CAMPBELL    GALLATIN
OWEN        GRANT           PENDELTON

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND AFFECT
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

COUNTIES THAT REMAIN IN THE WATCH THROUGH 5 PM INCLUDE:

IN OHIO:

ROSS        PIKE            SCIOTO      ADAMS
BROWN

IN KENTUCKY:
BRACKEN     ROBERTSON       MASON       LEWIS

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 2:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Gallatin	113 min
May 10, 4:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Boone, Grant, Kenton	115 min
May 10, 4:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken	29 min
May 10, 4:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mason	28 min
May 10, 4:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	33 min
May 10, 5:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Gallatin	90 min
May 10, 9:28 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Kenton	3 hr
May 10, 11:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone	58 min
May 10, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken	42 min
May 10, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mason	40 min
May 10, 4:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Lewis, Mason	30 min
May 10, 5:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Lewis	30 min
May 10, 5:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Lewis	24 min
May 10, 6:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	23 min
May 10, 9:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Pike	2 hr
May 10, 9:42 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland	3 hr
May 10, 10:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	3 hr
May 10, 12:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	44 min
May 10, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams	59 min
May 10, 12:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	58 min
May 10, 12:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Brown	117 min
May 10, 12:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	50 min
May 10, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery	67 min
May 10, 1:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	2 hr
May 10, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene	54 min
May 10, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	61 min
May 10, 2:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery	63 min
May 10, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	67 min
May 10, 3:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland	2 hr
May 10, 4:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2003 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.