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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 13, 2004Highland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2004, 10:58 PM EDT for Highland County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 13, 2004, 10:58 PM EDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Highland County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2004-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2285 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
10.2

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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 Jun 13, 10:55 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 10:55 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:17 AM EDT, 17 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
517 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-140916-
ADAMS OH-AUGLAIZE OH-BOONE KY-BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-BUTLER OH-
CAMPBELL KY-CARROLL KY-CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-CLERMONT OH-CLINTON OH-
DARKE OH-DEARBORN IN-DELAWARE OH-FAIRFIELD OH-FAYETTE OH-FAYETTE IN-
FRANKLIN OH-FRANKLIN IN-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-GREENE OH-HAMILTON OH-
HARDIN OH-HIGHLAND OH-HOCKING OH-KENTON KY-LEWIS KY-LICKING OH-
LOGAN OH-MADISON OH-MASON KY-MERCER OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH-
OHIO IN-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-PICKAWAY OH-PIKE OH-PREBLE OH-RIPLEY IN-
ROBERTSON KY-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-SHELBY OH-SWITZERLAND IN-UNION OH-
UNION IN-WARREN OH-WAYNE IN-
517 AM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS AIR MASS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

IN ADDITION WITH THE GROUND REMAINING MOIST...IF TRAINING OF
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURS...FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LITTLE CHANGE IN THE AIR MASS WILL OCCUR FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE
WORK WEEK...THEREFORE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ANYTIME TODAY THROUGH
TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH THE BEST CHANCE WOULD BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS.

SITES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
840 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0813 PM     HAIL             10 NNW BELLEFONTAINE    40.49N 83.83W
06/13/2004  0.75 INCH        LOGAN              OH   AMATEUR RADIO

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DC
Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
845 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0834 PM     HAIL             BOTKINS                 40.47N 84.18W
06/13/2004  0.75 INCH        SHELBY             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin, Logan58 min
Jun 13, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble40 min
Jun 13, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby45 min
Jun 13, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren62 min
Jun 13, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery54 min
Jun 13, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene57 min
Jun 13, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin, Logan65 min
Jun 13, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Union60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.