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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 13, 2008Fayette County, Madison County, Pickaway County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2008, 5:17 PM EDT for Fayette County, Madison County, Pickaway 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
Jun 13, 2008, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, OH, Madison County, OH, Pickaway County, OH

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 4:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 2:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
215 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

KYZ100-OHZ056-065-073-074-082-088-141815-
LEWIS-LICKING-FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING-PIKE-SCIOTO-
215 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...CENTRAL
OHIO AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE STRONG OR SEVERE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS
...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>099-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>055-060>064-070>072-077>081-141815-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-
SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-
FRANKLIN OH-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-BUTLER-
WARREN-CLINTON-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-
215 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 523 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE STRONG OR SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
339 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

OHZ051-053-061-062-132045-
GREENE OH-CLARK OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH-
339 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 2008

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MONTGOMERY...
SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI...WESTERN CLARK AND WESTERN GREENE COUNTIES
THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ENGLEWOOD TO
CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
CENTERVILLE...ENGLEWOOD...FORT MCKINLEY...NORTHVIEW...OAKWOOD...
KETTERING...BELLBROOK...DAYTON...SHILOH...SPRING VALLEY...NORTHRIDGE
AND OVERLOOK-PAGE MANOR.

THESE STORMS 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 THESE STORMS BECOME
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:18 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:23 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:47 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:11 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
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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, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami, Shelby22 min
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, 5:46 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.