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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 284, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 10, 2006Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2006, 2:09 PM EDT for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 66 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 10, 2006, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ripley County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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
Aug 10, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 309 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1749 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
1749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 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 Aug 10, 12:09 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 12:09 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 9:06 AM EDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
906 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

KYZ096>100-OHZ026-034-035-043>046-051>056-061>065-071>074-078>082-
088-111315-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-
FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-
FAIRFIELD-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-
ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
906 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF 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 THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE HEAT AND
HUMIDITY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE
LIMITS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>095-OHZ042-060-070-077-
111315-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
DARKE-PREBLE-BUTLER-HAMILTON-
906 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH
OF A STATIONARY FRONT...WHICH STRETCHES FROM IOWA INTO INDIANA.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST TODAY FROM THE
UPPER PLAINS...TRIGGERING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG AND NORTH
OF THE FRONT FROM EASTERN IOWA SOUTHEAST TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

THE COMBINATION OF THE INSTABILITY AND WINDS ALOFT WILL AID IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

SITES

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 9:09 AM EDT, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
909 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>095-OHZ042-060-070-077-
101515-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
DARKE-PREBLE-BUTLER-HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...VEVAY...
CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...
OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...GREENVILLE...EATON...HAMILTON...
CINCINNATI
909 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...

THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ALONG AND TO THE SOUTH
OF A STATIONARY FRONT...WHICH STRETCHES FROM IOWA INTO INDIANA.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST TODAY FROM THE
UPPER PLAINS...TRIGGERING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG AND NORTH
OF THE FRONT FROM EASTERN IOWA SOUTHEAST TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

THE COMBINATION OF THE INSTABILITY AND WINDS ALOFT WILL AID IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.

SITES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Owen58 min
Aug 10, 4:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNOwen118 min
Aug 10, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn, Ohio, Switzerland56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 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.