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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 269, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 31, 2006Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2006, 3:32 PM EDT for Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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 31, 2006, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
43 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 19:34 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 nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 364 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1301 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
1301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 Jul 31, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 2:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
220 PM EDT MON JUL 31 2006

.AVIATION /18Z-18Z/...
TSRA HAS FORMED NR KCVG/KLUK ON THE MOISTURE/CLOUD GRADIENT.
COVERED THIS FOR THE SEVERAL HOURS. SINCE THERE IS REALLY NO OTHER
FORCING...DONT EXPECT THINGS TO BECOME ORGANIZED AND LEFT THE
OTHER TAFS DRY FOR NOW. WENT AHEAD AND DISSIPATED THE CLOUDS WITH
SUNSET. WITH DEWPOINTS SO HIGH...BROUGHT MVFR FOG/HAZE INTO ALL
TAFS. AT LUK AND ILN FOLLOWED PREVIOUS NIGHT AND BROUGHT VSBYS
DOWN TO MVFR.

LINGERED THE HAZE INTO LATE MORNING MOST LOCATIONS AND DEVELOPED
SCT CU.

SITES

&&

.SHORT TERM /THIS AFTERNOON/...
UPDATED THE FORECAST TO COVER THE CONVECTION THAT HAS FIRED ALONG
THE MOISTURE/CLOUD GRADIENT. ONLY WENT SHRA IN CENTRAL OHIO...BUT
THAT CELL HAS ALREADY DISSIPATED. IN THE SOUTHWEST WENT WITH 30
POP OF THUNDER.

ALSO INCREASED THE CLOUD COVER FOR MUCH OF THE FA.

SITES

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 1130 AM EDT MON JUL 31 2006/

SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/...
FEW CU POPPED THIS MORNING AS FOG LIFTED...BUT THEY ARE BEGINNING TO
WASH OUT. MORNING SOUNDING SHOWING THAT SOME MORE CU MAY FORM THIS
AFTN...BUT STILL EXPECT A MOSTLY SUNNY SKY.

DEWPOINTS ARE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED IN THE WEST...BUT
TEMPERATURES ARE FOLLOWING THE EXPECTED CURVE AND HEAT INDICES
SHOULD BE FINE.

NO UPDATE TO THE ZFP THIS MORNING.

SITES

PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 600 AM EDT MON JUL 31 2006/

AVIATION /12Z-12Z/...
MVFR/IFR VSBYS ACRS FCST AREA THIS MRNG. THIS SHOULD BURN OFF
QUICKLY THRU MID MRNG WITH HZ DVLPG INTO AFTN HOURS. BROAD MID
LVL RIDGE WILL EXPAND EAST INTO FCST AREA TODAY WITH MUCH OF FCST
AREA BECMG CAPPED. EXPECT SCT CU THIS AFTN BEFORE SKIES CLR BACK
OUT THIS EVNG. WILL SEE MVFR/IFR VSBYS DVLP ONCE AGAIN LATE
TONIGHT WITH ABUNDANT LO LVL MOISTURE.

RYAN

PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 226 AM EDT MON JUL 31 2006/

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE FROM WESTERN PA INTO
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH WEAK SWLY FLOW ACROSS FORECAST
AREA. SATELLITE IMAGERY HIGH LEVEL DEBRIS CLOUDS OVER REGION.

GFS AND NAM IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH BRINGING UPPER RIDGE FROM
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE
RIDGE THEN GETS SHUNTED OFF TO OUR SOUTHEAST WITH THE APPROACH OF
UPPER TROF. MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS PATTERN IS HEAT AND HUMIDITY.
TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT IN THE 93 TO 95 DEGREE RANGE THE NEXT
THREE DAYS. TDS WILL BE IN THE 70 TO 75 DEGREE RANGE. COMBINING
THESE TWO VALUES CREATE MAX HEAT INDICES FROM 100 TO 105.
CONTEPLATED EXTENDING CURRENT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS INTO
WEDNESDAY...BUT IT APPEARS THAT TDS WILL BE A BIT LOWER...CLOSER
TO 70. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE RESULT OF BROAD SWLY FLOW
STRENGTHENING AHEAD OF SURFACE TROF AND DRIER TDS ALOFT MIXING DOWN.
THUS LOWER HUMIDITY WILL HELP TO BRING HEAT INDICES DOWN CLOSER TO
100. THIS IS MARGINAL FOR ADVISOR/WARNING...THUS WILL LET HEAT
HEADLINES RIDE AS THEY ARE AND EVALUATE ADDING WEDNESDAY WITH NEXT
PACKAGE.

OVERALL WENT WITH MAV FOR LOWS AND MET FOR HIGHS.

TIPTON

LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
NO CHANGES WERE MADE IN THE EXTENDED...FOR THOUGHTS OF PREVIOUS
FORECAST...SEE BELOW.

TIPTON

PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED 250 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006/

LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MODELS CONTINUING TO TREND SLOWER WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR MID
WEEK WITH TIMING NOW SUGGESTING THAT IT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR CWA
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH MID LEVEL RIDGING STILL ACROSS
AREA ON WEDNESDAY...EXPECT TO SEE TEMPS AGAIN UP INTO THE LOWER TO
POSSIBLY MID 90S. WILL BRING IN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF FRONT AND THEN SPREAD THE
CHANCE SOUTH ACROSS REMAINDER FA THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
GIVEN SLOWER TIMING OF FRONT...WILL ALSO ADJUST UP TEMPS FOR
THURSDAY... PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE SOUTH WHERE
CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION WILL BE LAST TO ARRIVE. MODELS ARE ALSO NOT
PUSHING FRONT AS FAR SOUTH OF OUR AREA SO WILL HAVE TO HANG ON TO
A CHANCE ACROSS THE SOUTH ON INTO FRIDAY BEFORE TRYING TO DRY
THINGS OUT FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR OHZ061-077 UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY.
  ...HEAT ADVISORY FOR OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060-062>065-
     070>074-078>082-088 UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY.
KY...HEAT ADVISORY FOR KYZ089>100 UNTIL 6 PM TUESDAY.
IN...HEAT ADVISORY FOR INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080 UNTIL 6 PM
     TUESDAY.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 5:01 AM EDT, 10 hours 31 minutes before
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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.