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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 8:04 PM EDT for Campbell County, Kentucky; Clermont County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 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
- Apr 22, 2005, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Campbell County, KY, Clermont County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 817 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS51 KILN 230004 SVRILN KYC037-OHC025-230045- /O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0007.050423T0004Z-050423T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 804 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CAMPBELL COUNTY IN KENTUCKY CLERMONT COUNTY IN OHIO * UNTIL 845 PM EDT(745 PM EST) * AT 803 PM EDT(703 PM EST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARYVILLE..AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLARYVILLE... ALEXANDRIA... MELBOURNE... NEW RICHMOND... WITHAMSVILLE... AMELIA... 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 3894 8450 3884 8446 3893 8415 3914 8423 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KILN 230031 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 830 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 KYC037-OHC025-230045- /O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050423T0045Z/ CAMPBELL KY-CLERMONT OH- 830 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR CLERMONT AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES... AT 828 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW RICHMOND...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NICHOLSVILLE...BLAIRSVILLE...NEW PALESTINE...CAMPBELL COUNTY LAKE...WITHAMSVILLE...AMELIA AND CLARYVILLE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 AM EDT FOR THE TRI STATE AREA. LAT...LON 3894 8448 3886 8445 3895 8417 3910 8423 $$ RYAN
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 Apr 22, 7:30 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 7:30 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 730 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 .AVIATION (00Z-24Z)... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED TOWARD TAF SITES, ESPECIALLY CVG LUK AND ILN. EXPECT TSRA THROUGH THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF FORECAST. ATMOSPHERE WILL STABILIZE LATE TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS TO FOLLOW, ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS. CEILINGS WILL DROP TO IFR BEHIND THE COLD FRONT, WITH MODELS SHOWING COPIOUS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS DEEPENING LOW OVER INDIANA WITH WARM FRONT FROM JUST NORTH OF DAYTON TO NORTH OF PORTSMOUTH. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS NEAR PADUCAH, KY. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING CLEAR SLOT OVER SRN IL/IN. CLOUDS ARE EVEN MIXING OUT IN THE SRN HALF FOR FA. BEST ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS ARE WITH THE UPPER LOW IN WRN IL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL BANDS ON SATELLITE THAT LOOK LIKE THEY COULD BE THE FOCUS OF ADDITIONAL CONVECTION. CHALLENGING FORECAST TODAY. FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WILL LIKELY SEE SEVERE CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHER PART OF THE FA. LATEST RUC SHOWING AROUND 1000 TO 1500 J/KG ACROSS SRN FA FOR THIS EVENING. THE NAM IS A BIT MORE GENEROUS. 0-4KM SHEAR ON THE RUC SHOWS GENERALLY 15 M/S. BEST LIFT WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 00 AND 03Z ACROSS OUR SOUTH. BEST SEVERE THREAT WILL BE WIND AND HAIL. WET BULB ZERO WILL BE AROUND 8 TO 9 KFT AND FREEZING LEVEL AROUND 10 KFT. MID LEVEL FLOW WILL BE ABOUT 40 KTS. THE 40 KTS ALONG WITH STRONG UPDRAFTS AND POTENTIAL FOR ROTATION WILL CREATE SOME DAMAGING WIND STORMS. CONDITIONS WILL COOL OFF CONSIDERABLY AS DEEP UPPER LOW DIGS INTO THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY FOR THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING PLENTY OF PRECIPITATION INTO THE REGION. TEMPS WILL BE STEADY ON SATURDAY WITH RAIN. TEMPS CONTINUE TO COOL TO BELOW FREEZING. SATURDAY NIGHT WITH 1000-850 MB THICKNESSES SHOWING SNOW ACROSS THE WHOLE FA. RIGHT NOW SEE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ON SUNDAY WITH MORE SNOW THAN RAIN IN THE NE AND MORE RAIN THAN SNOW IN THE SE. FOR THE MOMENT WILL GO WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF A DUSTING TO AN INCH IN THE SOUTHEAST TO AROUND 2 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST. WILL HOLD OF ON ISSUING A FREEZE WATCH FOR NOW AND LET NEXT SHIFT HANDEL AS FOCUS AT THE MOMENT IS MORE ON THE SHORT TERM. MAV TEMPS LOOK GOOD WILL GO A BIT COOLER ON SUNDAY. TIPTON && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE EAST. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES AND FRONTS MOVE ACROSS CWA WITH EACH PROVIDING CHC OF PRECIP. TIMING AND COVERAGE OF PRECIP QUESTION MARK. TEMPS REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE BUT NOT AS COLD AS WEEKEND. WENT CLOSE TO GUID. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 3:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 353 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ042-051>055-060>065- 070>074-077>082-088-230840- ADAMS 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-FAIRFIELD OH-FAYETTE OH-FAYETTE IN-FRANKLIN OH- FRANKLIN IN-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-GREENE OH-HAMILTON OH-HIGHLAND OH- HOCKING OH-KENTON KY-LEWIS KY-MADISON OH-MASON KY-MIAMI OH- MONTGOMERY OH-OHIO IN-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-PICKAWAY OH-PIKE OH- PREBLE OH-RIPLEY IN-ROBERTSON KY-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-SWITZERLAND IN- UNION IN-WARREN OH-WAYNE IN- 353 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA... NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO THIS EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF THE LOW IS BECOMING MODERATELY UNSTABLE. AS THE LOW APPROACHES SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THESE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP INTO AN ORGANIZED SQUALL LINE AND PUSH EAST THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEN MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO. ACROSS EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE WILL ALSO BE A OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR A TORNADO. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 4 PM EST AND 10 PM EST. THEREFORE THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED THE AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE LOW PULLS INTO THE APPALACHIANS...IT WILL STRENGTHEN AND WILL PULL COLD AIR INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS COLD REGIME WILL ALSO BRING SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO...EASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS EVENING. OHZ026-034-035-043>046-056-230840- AUGLAIZE OH-DELAWARE OH-HARDIN OH-LICKING OH-LOGAN OH-MERCER OH- SHELBY OH-UNION OH- 353 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO .DAY ONE...TODAY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE LOW PULLS INTO THE APPALACHIANS...IT WILL STRENGTHEN AND WILL PULL COLD AIR INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THIS COLD REGIME WILL ALSO BRING SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO...EASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY. TIPTON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 6:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
INZ058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>099-OHZ060-070-071-077>079-230030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 657 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM BLOOMINGTON INDIANA TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE TRI-STATE AT 50 MPH. AHEAD OF THIS LINE THERE ARE A FEW SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST EAST OF THE CINCINNATI NEAR VERSAILLES. THE LINE WILL AFFECT CARROLLTON AND VERSAILLES ABOUT 730 PM... AND THE CINCINNATI...OWENTON...HAMILTON AND CONNERSVILLE BY 815 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER ALL HAZARDS RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POTENTIAL WARNINGS FOR THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND ANY OTHER THUNDERSTORM THAT MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS LINE. TIPTON
Local storm report, Apr 22, 7:31 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
731 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0711 PM HAIL 5 SE HARRISON 39.20N 84.73W
04/22/2005 0.50 INCH HAMILTON OH STORM CHASER
&&
TIPTONLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:39 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
739 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0711 PM HAIL CARROLLTON 38.68N 85.16W
04/22/2005 0.88 INCH CARROLL KY STORM CHASER
&&
TIPTONLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:39 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
739 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
073 PM HAIL CARROLLTON 38.68N 85.16W
04/22/2005 0.88 INCH CARROLL KY STORM CHASER
&&
TIPTONLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:52 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
752 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0711 PM HAIL 5 SW CINCINNATI 39.09N 84.57W
04/22/2005 1.75 INCH HAMILTON OH STORM CHASER
HAIL COVERED THE ROAD
&&
TIPTONLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:52 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
752 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0750 PM HAIL 5 SW CINCINNATI 39.09N 84.57W
04/22/2005 1.75 INCH HAMILTON OH STORM CHASER
HAIL COVERED THE ROAD
&&
TIPTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 9:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clermont | 2 hr |
| Apr 22, 9:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Highland | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2005Severe 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.