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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 13, 2008Darke County, Miami County, Shelby County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2008, 1:39 PM EDT for Darke County, Miami County, Shelby County, Ohio. It was in force for 22 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
Jun 13, 2008, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2008, 2:01 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Darke County, OH, Miami County, OH, Shelby County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2008-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 442 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 2008-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-43 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 Jun 13, 12:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 12:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1227 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AND CROSS THE
REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN
BUILD IN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
KILN RADAR AND MOSAIC RADAR THIS MORNING INDICATED SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LOWER OHIO RIVER VALLEY
NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST OHIO/SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THIS ACTIVITY
DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO AN ALREADY
UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND ALSO DUE TO AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EJECTED
EASTWARD FROM THE MID MS VLY. CONVECTION WILL TRANSITION FROM
ELEVATED TO SURFACE BASED AS DAYTIME HEATING PROGRESSES. MIXED
LAYER CAPE VALUES IN THE 1500-2000 J/KG BY MAXIMUM HEATING ARE
EXPECTED...WHICH IS IN THE MODERATE RANGE. ALTHOUGH OVERALL BULK
SHEAR IS WEAK...AROUND 25 KNOTS...THE MODERATE INSTABILITY AND
SUBTLE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE BOUNDARIES/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SHOULD
LEAD TO BETTER THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND SLIGHTLY BETTER
ORGANIZATION THAN YESTERDAY AFTN. IN ADDITION...MODELS INDICATE
SOME WEAK S/WV ENERGY PASSING ACRS INDIANA/LOWER MICHIGAN LATE IN
THE DAY...WHICH WILL LIKELY BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO IMPART SOME WEAK
UPR LVL FORCING ACRS THE WRN CWFA. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
OUT OF THE QUESTION THIS AFTN GIVEN MODERATE INSTABILITY AND
DELTA THETA E VALUES AROUND 25 KELVIN. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. WITH PWAT VALUES
RANGING BETWEEN 1.5 AND 1.75...HEAVY RAINFALL AND SUBSEQUENT
LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE A THREAT AS WELL.

CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. THE ONLY CHANGES WILL BE TO USE
AREAL COVERAGE WORDING INSTEAD OF PROBABILITY. TEMPS SEEM
REASONABLE...RANGING FROM THE MID 80S WEST TO AROUND 90 EAST.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND MOVE OFF TO
THE EAST ON SATURDAY MORNING. SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS FRONT AND HAVE CONTINUED TO GO
WITH LIKELY POPS. SHEAR IS FORECAST TO INCREASE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT
BUT INSTABILITY DECREASES QUITE A BIT. OVERALL LOOKS LIKE THE
SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL PUSH
OFF TO THE EAST WITH THE FRONT DURING THE MORNING. BUT IT IS NOT
OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT REDEVELOPMENT ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON COULD
OCCUR IN THE FAR EASTERN ZONES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN
RESULTING IN DRY CONDITIONS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. GFS MOS
LOOKED REASONABLE FOR TONIGHT. THEN TRENDED TOWARDS ETA MOS IN
LATER PERIODS.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
CHANGE IN THE UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL COMPLETED BY A SHORT WAVE
DROPPING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY. THIS WILL
ESTABLISH A TROUGH IN THE NORTHEAST RESULTING IN COOLER
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK.

THE SHORT WAVE ON MONDAY WILL PUSH A FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERAL SHORT
WAVES WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE MEAN UPPER TROUGH THROUGH THE
REST OF THE PERIOD. AND ANY ONE OF THESE COULD GENERATE SOME
SHOWERS. BUT AT THIS TIME THE PROBABILITY IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN
THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL SUNDAY NIGHT AND
THEN DROP BELOW NORMAL FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /16Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE UPPER AND MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON WILL PUSH ACROSS THE TAF SITES BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z.
IN THE MEANTIME...A VERY MOIST...UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL INTERACT
WITH WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE BOUNDARIES AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
FROM OTHER THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TAF SITES THROUGH AT LEAST 02Z. AS A
RESULT...WILL USE TEMPO THUNDER GROUPS AT ALL TAF SITES...MAINLY
IN THE 20 TO 24 Z TIME FRAME. FOR TONIGHT...AS THE COLD FRONT
TRAVERSES THE REGION...IT WILL COUPLE WITH SOME UPPER DIVERGENCE
FROM THE JET STREAM ALOFT AND ASSOCD MID LEVEL WEATHER
DISTURBANCE TO CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS.
AGAIN HAVE EMPLOYED TEMPO THUNDER GROUPS AT ALL TAF SITES BETWEEN
THE 04Z AND 12Z TIME FRAME. THERE WILL ALSO LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF
PREDOMINANT RAIN SHOWERS AND HAVE THUS INCLUDED THIS. AVIATORS CAN
EXPECTED MVFR CIGS AND MVFR/IFR VSBYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

A SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY REGION BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z
SATURDAY. SOME MODELS INDICATE THAT SOME ISOLATED POP OF
SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP IN THE AFTN ALONG A WEAK LOW LVL CONVERGENCE
BOUNDARY. THIS IS TOO SMALL TO BE CONCERNED WITH AT THIS TIME AND
SO HAVE NOT MENTIONED IT IN THE TAFS. ANY MVFR VSBYS IN MIST
EARLIER ON WILL CLEAR OUT...LEAVING VFR CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING
SATURDAY.

OUTLOOK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...HICKMAN
NEAR TERM...HICKMAN
SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...HICKMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:08 AM EDT, 8 hours 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:21 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
121 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

INZ050-131745-
WAYNE IN-
121 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY THROUGH
145 PM EDT...

AT 120 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR FOUNTAIN CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
29 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH
MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO
PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOME
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFranklin3 hr
Jun 13, 3:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNMiami, Shelby2 hr
Jun 13, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark44 min
Jun 13, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Logan40 min
Jun 13, 4:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Clark, Greene118 min
Jun 13, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Madison, Pickaway43 min
Jun 13, 5:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFranklin119 min
Jun 13, 6:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield, Licking, Pickaway3 hr
Jun 13, 2:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFayette, Wayne2 hr
Jun 13, 5:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFayette, Union, Wayne3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.