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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 18, 2006Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT for Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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
May 18, 2006, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2006, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 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
May 18, 12:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 18, 12:02 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 12:02 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 5:13 AM EDT, 7 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
513 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2006

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-190915-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-
CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
513 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 9:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
950 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2006

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

0525 PM     HAIL             3 E DUVALL              39.77N 82.90W
05/17/2006  E0.75 INCH       PICKAWAY           OH   COUNTY OFFICIAL

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ARCANUM                 39.99N 84.55W
05/17/2006                   DARKE              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED

0816 PM     HAIL             PLAIN CITY              40.11N 83.27W
05/17/2006  E0.75 INCH       MADISON            OH   AMATEUR RADIO

1020 PM     FLOOD            CONNERSVILLE            39.66N 85.14W
05/17/2006                   FAYETTE            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER ONE FEET DEEP ON A COUNTY ROAD

1030 PM     FLOOD            LIBERTY                 39.63N 84.93W
05/17/2006                   UNION              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGH WATER ON SOME ROADS

&&
Special weather statement, May 18, 10:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1049 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2006

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-181700-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-
CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...VEVAY...
CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...
OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...
MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...
GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...
PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...
EATON...DAYTON...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...
LANCASTER...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...
LOGAN...CINCINNATI...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...
WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH
1049 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2006

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING HAIL...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING IN A COOL ENVIRONMENT THAT
IS FAVORABLE FOR HAIL. SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE REPORTED SMALL HAIL THIS
MORNING. HALF INCH HAIL BRIEFLY COVERED THE GROUND AT BELLEFONTAINE
AND SPRINGFIELD. LARGER HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
THIS AFTERNOON...WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL GROW MORE INTENSE.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS...AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

CONIGLIO
Local storm report, May 18, 11:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1147 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2006

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

1143 AM     HAIL             ENGLEWOOD               39.86N 84.31W
05/18/2006  E0.88 INCH       MONTGOMERY         OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&
Local storm report, May 18, 12:06 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1206 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2006

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

1200 PM     HAIL             TROTWOOD                39.80N 84.30W
05/18/2006  M0.75 INCH       MONTGOMERY         OH   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison, Union44 min
May 18, 11:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery32 min
May 18, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby38 min
May 17, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGallatin23 min
May 17, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant26 min
May 18, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone44 min
May 18, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRipley32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.