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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 25, 2005Hardin County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2005, 1:02 PM EDT for Hardin County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 25, 2005, 1:02 PM EDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2005, 1:48 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hardin County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 25, 10:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2602 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
2602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.6

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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 Jul 25, 12:37 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 12:37 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 4:58 AM EDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
458 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-260857-
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-
458 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 108
DEGREE RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN PLACE TODAY FOR THE WHITEWATER AND MIAMI
VALLEYS AS WELL AS THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN
PLACE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA (EXCEPT FOR AREAS TO THE NORTH
OF COLUMBUS). PLEASE REFERENCE CLENPWILN FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO TUESDAY. HEAT INDICES WILL
BE IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A COLD FRONT WILL DROP DOWN ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL
BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer14 min
Jul 25, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize60 min
Jul 25, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin56 min
Jul 25, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan40 min
Jul 25, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Franklin45 min
Jul 25, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign56 min
Jul 25, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking49 min
Jul 25, 4:15 PM EDTTornado WarningILNHocking31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.