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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 18, 2004Fayette County, Madison County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2004, 9:57 PM EDT for Fayette County, Madison County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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 18, 2004, 9:57 PM EDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2004, 10:45 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fayette County, OH, Madison County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 45 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: 2123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

377 
WUUS51 KILN 190157
SVRILN
OHC047-097-190245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
955 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN OHIO
  MADISON COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 946 PM 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
  JEFFERSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON COURT
  HOUSE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JEFFERSONVILLE...
  MOUNT STERLING...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3980 8358 3981 8326 3982 8325 3982 8325
      3961 8326 3961 8356 3962 8358 3964 8359
      3977 8359

$$

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 18, 7:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 7:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
754 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

.DISCUSSION...
WILL UPDATE ZONES FOR EXPIRATION OF SVR TS WATCH.  SOME ISOLATED
STORMS MAY STILL CONTAIN MARGINALLY SVR HAIL FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
IN ADDITION...SOME WEAK ROTATION HAS BEEN NOTED WITH SEVERAL
STORMS...MOSTLY ALONG OUTFLOW BNDRYS...AND WILL BE MONITORED.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 600 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES
INZ050...INZ058>059...INZ066.

KY...NONE.
OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 600 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES OHZ026...
OHZ034>035...OHZ042>046...OHZ051>056...OHZ060>065...OHZ070>072...
OHZ074.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 5:00 AM EDT, 16 hours 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
500 AM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-181100-
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-
500 AM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

COLD FRONT WILL DRIFT SOUTH FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO SOUTHERN OHIO
AND INDIANA. THIS FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
BECOME STRONG WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. AS THE EVENING WEARS ON THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRANSITION INTO
HEAVY RAINERS...MAKING FLOODING THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
MONDAY.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

 TIPTON

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 6:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
628 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

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

0625 PM     TSTM WND GST     HILLIARD                40.04N 83.14W
05/18/2004  74 MPH           FRANKLIN           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HILLIARD                40.04N 83.14W
05/18/2004                   FRANKLIN           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN

&&

Local storm report, May 18, 7:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
720 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

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

0717 PM     HAIL             CONNERSVILLE            39.66N 85.14W
05/18/2004  0.88 INCH        FAYETTE            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RLG

Local storm report, May 18, 7:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
751 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

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

0630 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CHOCTAW LAKE            39.96N 83.49W
05/18/2004                   MADISON            OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN

&&

RLG

Local storm report, May 18, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
758 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

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

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LIBERTY                 39.63N 84.93W
05/18/2004                   UNION              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN

&&

Local storm report, May 18, 8:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
802 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

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

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     URBANA                  40.11N 83.75W
05/18/2004                   CHAMPAIGN          OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL POWER POLES DOWN

&&

RLG

Local storm report, May 18, 8:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
854 PM EDT TUE MAY 18 2004

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

0850 PM     HAIL             VANDALIA                39.88N 84.19W
05/18/2004  0.88 INCH        MONTGOMERY         OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery, Preble	46 min
May 18, 9:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene	50 min
May 18, 11:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hocking	4 hr
May 18, 11:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Pickaway	4 hr

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.