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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 20, 2005Logan County, Union County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2005, 3:10 PM EDT for Logan County, Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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: Aug 20, 2005, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2005, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Logan County, OH, Union County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 20, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 Aug 20, 2:15 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 2:15 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 5:40 AM EDT, 9 hours 30 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 11:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 2:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	43 min
Aug 20, 2:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin	51 min
Aug 20, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Miami, Shelby	38 min
Aug 20, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	32 min
Aug 20, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark	50 min
Aug 20, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	46 min
Aug 20, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	52 min
Aug 20, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Pickaway	35 min
Aug 20, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield	35 min
Aug 20, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	26 min
Aug 20, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Kenton, Pendleton	50 min
Aug 20, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Campbell	37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2005 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.