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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 31, 2006Adams County, Highland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2006, 8:01 PM EDT for Adams County, Highland County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 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 31, 2006, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2006, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Adams County, OH, Highland County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 00:00Z on 2006-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 767 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 00:00Z on 2006-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
767 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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 31, 4:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 4:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
439 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
SHRA/TSRA IN THE EAST APPEARED TO FIRE ALONG A CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY
AND WERE ENHANCE BY A WEAK WAVE MOVING WEST/ THUNDERSTORMS IN
INDIANA ARE ALONG THE CLDFNT THAT WILL GRADUALLY PUSH INTO THE FA
DURING IN THE NEXT 12 HRS. PLAYED THE BEST POPS THIS EVENING IN
THE EAST ALONG WITH THE NW.

EVEN THOUGH FRONT PUSHES INTO FA AFTER 06Z TONIGHT...IT LOOKS LIKE
THE CONVECTION WILL WEAKEN OVERNIGHT...SO GRADUALLY DROPPED POPS
TO 20 BY SUNRISE. FRONT STRADDLES THE FA ON THU. WITH HEATING OF
THE DAY AND CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT...WENT WITH LIKELY POPS
IN THE AFTERNOON.

GFS IS QUICKER IN PUSHING THE FRONT EAST THAN THE NAM. LEANED
TOWARDS THE GFS SOLUTION.

DIDNT STRAY TOO FAR FROM THE MAV TEMP GUIDANCE.

SITES

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...

&&

.AVIATION /18Z-18Z/...
SIMILAR SITUATION TO THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WITH STRONG RIDGE
DOMINATING ERN US. THIS FEATURE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN AS
MID LEVEL S/W APPROACHES THE GREAT LAKES LATE IN THE PERIOD.
ASSOCIATED FRONT CURRENTLY ANALYZED FROM CENTRAL MI TO SOUTH OF
K0RD. THIS FEATURE WILL MAKE VERY SLOW SWD PROGRESS TODAY. BEST
CHANCE OF TSRA THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CLOSEST
TO THE FRONT. TIMING LOOKS TO BE AFTER 20Z AS HIGH/MID CLOUDS HAVE
LIMITED CU DEVELOPMENT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SECOND AREA OF FOCUS
IS WEAK LL CONVERGENCE ZONE FROM NEAR KCLE TO KCMH...CURRENTLY
RESULTING IN SCT SHRA/TSRA ACROSS CENTRAL OH. ALL ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY 00Z. REDUCED VISIBILITIES AGAIN ANTICIPATED
FOR TONIGHT...THOUGH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS MAY KEEP THINGS FROM
GETTING TOO LOW. MENTIONED TEMPO IFR AT KLUK AND MVFR ELSEWHERE.
DPH

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 5:13 AM EDT, 14 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
513 AM EDT WED MAY 31 2006

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-010915-
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 WED MAY 31 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

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY. ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ALONG A COLD FRONT. SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss47 min
Jun 1, 4:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke2 hr
Jun 1, 4:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFranklin2 hr
Jun 1, 6:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDarke, Miami3 hr
Jun 1, 6:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFranklin, Licking, Pickaway4 hr
Jun 1, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette46 min
Jun 1, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison52 min
Jun 1, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWayne62 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.