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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 31, 2004Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2004, 1:19 AM EDT for Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 56 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 31, 2004, 1:19 AM EDT (05:19 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lewis County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 9:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 778 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
778 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

015 
WUUS51 KILN 310519
SVRILN
KYC135-310615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
119 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT

* AT 116 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  TOLLESBORO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF MAYSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VANCEBURG...
  CAMP DIX...

LAT...LON 3864 8367 3846 8360 3840 8317 3871 8297
      3861 8324

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Carroll, Gallatin65 min
May 31, 12:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Owen40 min
May 31, 12:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCampbell, Kenton, Pendleton38 min
May 31, 12:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken37 min
May 31, 12:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRobertson46 min
May 31, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMason38 min
May 31, 1:09 AM EDTTornado WarningILNMason36 min
May 31, 1:34 AM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.