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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2008, 5:03 PM EDT for Clinton County, Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 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 21, 2008, 5:03 PM EDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clinton County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 16 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 21, 4:42 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 4:42 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 442 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVES ACROSS THE REGION BRINGING THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... MOST OF AREA IS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. EVENT IS BEING DRIVEN BY A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE TROUGH...IN THE PRESENCE OF BROAD SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT. THOUGH WIND FIELDS ARE WEAK...COOL AIR ALOFT OVER A WARM BOUNDARY LAYER IS RESULTING IN MODERATE INSTABILITY. AREA WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE AT LEAST A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD OVER NORTHERN LOCATIONS. WENT WITH CATEGORICAL POPS NORTH DOWN TO SCATTERED POPS SOUTH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING WITH LOSS OF SOLAR HEATING. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN NEXT MID LEVEL AND SURFACE TROUGH ARE PROGGED TO ARRIVE. KEPT POPS AT HIGH CHANCE. LATER ARRIVAL OF SHORT WAVE SUGGESTS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING DURING PEAK INSTABILITY WHICH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AMPLIFIED UPPER LEVEL FLOW WITH UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WITH S/W TROF PIVOTING THRU THE OHIO VALLEY MONDAY AFTN/EVE. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE BEST CHANCE OVER THE EAST WHERE INSTBY AND LIFT IS EXPECTED TO BE BEST. HAVE ALSO CONTD A SLIGHT CHC OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO MONDAY EVENING AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS. IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY PROVIDING DRY WEATHER. AFTER THIS BRIEF DRY PERIOD...THE FLOW DEAMPLIFIES AND THE WEATHER PATTERN BECOMES ACTIVE FROM MID WEEK ON. FLO BACKS WITH WAA THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING EARLY WED. HAVE THE HIGHEST POPS ACRS THE SOUTH CLOSER TO THE WARM FRONT WHERE BEST INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED. THIS WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PIVOT NE THROUGH ILN/S FA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH THE REGION WARM SECTORED ON FRIDAY. AS S/W ENERGY TRACKS EAST THRU GREAT LAKES ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT LOOKS TO DROP SE INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY. HAVE GENERALLY TRENDED HIGHS AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE MEX GUID FOR HIGHS AND A LTL ABOVE GUID WITH THE LOWS. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... WELL DEFINED MID LVL S/WV MOVING THRU WRN INDIANA ATTM. CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DVLP AND EXPAND ACRS NRN 1/2 OF INDIANA AND NW OHIO IN ADVANCE OF S/WV. S/WV WILL TRACK ACRS NRN FCST AREA DURING THE LATE AFTN/ERLY EVNG...WITH CONVECTION DVLPG/MIGRATING INTO THE REGION AFT 20Z. MOST WIDESPREAD COVERAGE TO PCPN IS EXPECTED ACRS NRN 1/2 FCST AREA WHERE MID LVL FORCING ASSOCD WITH S/WV WILL BE A LITTLE BETTER. HAVE PLACED VCTS IN AT ALL TERMINALS WITH A 3-4 HOUR TEMPO PERIOD FOR MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WITHIN TSRA BY 21Z AND PERSISTING INTO THE EVNG HOURS. W/SW WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS S/WV PASSES THRU FCST AREA. ANY LINGERING PCPN WILL MOVE OUT OF THE TERMINALS FROM WEST TO EAST BY MID EVNG AS S/WV PUSHES EAST OUT OF THE FCST AREA. WEAK SFC HI ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH LATE TONIGHT AND MAY PROMOTE A PERIOD OF GENERALLY CLR SKIES AFT MIDNIGHT. DEPENDING ON AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THIS AFTN...MVFR VSBYS (IFR AT KLUK) WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR DAYBREAK SUNDAY. SCT CU WILL ONCE AGAIN DVLP BY MIDDAY SUNDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER APPCHG S/WV FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SECOND S/WV WILL KICK OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY BEYOND 18Z SUNDAY. OUTLOOK...MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO SHORT TERM...CONIGLIO LONG TERM...AR AVIATION...RYAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 4:52 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 452 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 INZ080-KYZ089-090-094>100-OHZ079>082-088-221200- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON- MASON-LEWIS-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 452 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>045-051>053-060>062-221200- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN- UNION OH-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE- 452 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 589 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. INZ066-073>075-KYZ091>093-OHZ046-054>056-063>065-070>074-077-078- 221200- FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-DELAWARE- MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER- WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT- 452 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 590 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 313 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 OHZ035-212015- AUGLAIZE OH- 313 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AUGLAIZE COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 310 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STATE ROUTE 116 AT STATE ROUTE 197 TO 18 MILES WEST OF EGYPT...MOVING EAST AT 25 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... KOSSUTH...BULKHEAD...ST. MARYS...BUCKLAND...MOULTON...NEW KNOXVILLE...EGYPT...NEW BREMEN...CRIDERSVILLE...MINSTER...WAPAKONETA AND UNIOPOLIS. 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. RYAN
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 3:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 320 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 INZ050-058-059-OHZ034-042-060-212015- WAYNE IN-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-DARKE OH-MERCER OH-PREBLE OH- 320 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN PREBLE... EXTREME SOUTHERN MERCER...DARKE...NORTHERN UNION...NORTHERN FAYETTE AND WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT... AT 318 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST DARKE COUNTY TO 9 MILES WEST OF FALMOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 23 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...NORTH DAYTON...RICHMOND...GREENVILLE...ECONOMY...HAGERSTOWN...NEW WESTON... BURKETTSVILLE...UNION CITY...CONNERSVILLE...ANSONIA...DUBLIN AND MOUNT AUBURN. MOTORISTS ALONG INTERSTATE 70 FROM THE WAYNE-HENRY COUNTY BORDER IN INDIANA TO MILE MARKER 14 IN PREBLE COUNTY WILL BE IMPACTED. 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. RYAN
Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:10 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan, Shelby | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Licking | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Pickaway | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Pickaway | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 6:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Clinton, Fayette, Pickaway, Ross, Warren | 91 min |
| Jun 21, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Union | 49 min |
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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.