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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 26, 2007Fayette County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2007, 2:24 PM EDT for Fayette County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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
Apr 26, 2007, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2007, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fayette County, IN, Wayne County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2007-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 215 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 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 Apr 26, 1:59 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 1:59 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
159 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

.AVIATION /18Z-18Z/...
SOUTHWEST OHIO BREAKING OUT IN THE WARM SECTOR WITH WARM FRONT
LIFTING N OF DAY AHEAD OF SFC LOW OVER S CNTRL IL. TD/S HAVE
INCREASED INTO LWR 60S WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S. EXPECT
CAPES TO APPROACH 1500 J/KG. GIVEN THIS INSTBY AND WITH FAVORABLE
BL TO 6KM SHEAR NEAR 40KTS EXPECT TO SEE ORGANIZED TSTMS AHEAD OF
THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. EXPECT COLD FRONT TO PUSH INTO WESTERN
TAF SITES AROUND 00Z AND THRU CMH/LCK AROUND 03Z. MVFR CIGS TO
DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WITH
THE UPPER LOW PASSING THRU THE GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY. MODEL
SOUNDINGS INDICATING ABUNDANT LO LEVEL MSTR AND THE POSSIBILITY
EXISTS FOR CIGS BLW 1000 FEET LATE TNGT AND FRIDAY...BUT FOR NOW
HAVE KEPT PREVAILING CIGS BTWN 1000 AND 1500 FEET.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1200 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007/

SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT/...
WEATHER CONCERN TODAY REVOLVES AROUND TSTMS DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTN/EVE
AND POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE. UPPER LOW OVER MO TO TRACK NE INTO THE
UPPER MS VLY BY EVENING WITH S/W ASSOCIATED WITH 60KT WIND MAX ROTATING
AROUND THE SE SIDE OF THE LOW INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. SFC LOW PRESSURE
OVER NE MO TO TRACK NE TO JUST SOUTH OF CHI BY 00Z.  AS THIS OCCURS
E-W BOUNDARY ACRS SRN OH WILL PUSH N PLACING THE REGION IN THE WARM
SECTOR. MODIFIED 22Z SOUNDING AT ILN USING 73 TEMP OVER 60 TD YIELDS
A CAPE AROUND 1500 J/KG. SATL IMGRY INDICATES A GOOD DEAL OF
BREAKS TO OUR SW. EXPECT THESE BREAKS TO HELP WARM UP THE AIRMASS
AND THUS HAVE BUMPED UP TEMPS. EXPECT TSTMS TO DEVELOP AHD OF COLD
FRONT WHICH PUSHES INTO WESTERN OHIO BY 00Z AND THRU THE EASTERN
FA AROUND 03Z. GIVEN BOUNDARY LAYER TO 6KM SHEAR AROUND 40KTS SHUD
SUPPORT ORGANIZED CONVECTION. GIVEN EXPECTED INSTBY AND SHEAR WL
BE DOING AN 18Z SOUNDING. WITH WBZ AROUND 8K FEET...HAIL LOOKS
PSBL IN ENHANCED UPDRAFTS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND. HAVE
ADJUSTED POPS EXTENDING LIKELY POPS INTO THIS EVENING.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 426 AM EDT THU APR 26 2007/

SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LIFTING INTO THE
SOUTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS
PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE
ZONES THIS MORNING. A DECREASE IN COVERAGE IS EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS MAY OCCUR. THIS WILL
ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT
WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOW MUCH
DESTABILIZATION IS A STILL A BIG QUESTION. AND THIS WILL GO A
LONG WAY TOWARDS DETERMINING THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL SINCE
THE SHEAR WILL BE IN PLACE. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THAT
INSTABILITY WILL BE MARGINAL BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS CLOSELY
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST WITH THE COLD
FRONT THIS EVENING. BELIEVE THAT THE MODELS BROUGHT THE COOLER AIR
IN A LITTLE QUICK SO HAVE GONE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE MOS GUIDANCE
FOR LOWS. BUT THEN DO NOT EXPECT MUCH RECOVERY TO TEMPERATURES ON
FRIDAY. A SECONDARY TROUGH WILL SWING ACROSS THE REGION DURING
THE DAY AND WITH SOME INSOLATION ADDITIONAL SHOWERS SHOULD
DEVELOP. KEPT POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY AND LINGERED THEM INTO
THE EVENING IN THE EASTERN ZONES. DRIER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE
REGION ON SATURDAY WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
QUIESCENT WEATHER EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AS
RIDGING EXTENDS INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS SHOULD ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO BE BACK ABOVE NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. A
COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 156 AM EDT THU APR 26 2007/

AVIATION /06Z-06Z/...
SFC BOUNDARY STILL TO SOUTH OF AREA OVER NORTHERN KY. BOUNDARY
WILL LIFT NORTH AND AFFECT KCVG/KLUK NEAR/BEFORE 12Z...WITH
KILN/KDAY SHORTLY AFTER. SOME CURRENT VFR CEILINGS SHOULD BE
DROPPING TO MVFR LEVELS THEN SOME SPOTTY MVFR VSBYS EVEN PRIOR TO
ONSET OF PRECIP. AS AREA BECOMES WARM SECTORED...SCT THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH ABOUT 18-19Z IN WESTERN AREAS...THEN THROUGH NEAR 00Z IN
CMH/LCK. POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 11:23 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby30 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Logan32 min
Apr 26, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBrown29 min
Apr 26, 6:43 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAdams32 min
Apr 26, 7:12 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAdams33 min
Apr 26, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize50 min
Apr 26, 7:28 PM EDTTornado WarningILNPike, Scioto47 min
Apr 26, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont23 min
Apr 26, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss38 min
Apr 26, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Robertson46 min
Apr 26, 6:12 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMason33 min
Apr 26, 2:40 PM EDTTornado WarningILNWayne35 min

Nearby

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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.