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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 26, 2008Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2008, 4:41 PM EDT for Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2008, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 26, 5:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Richmond, IN	1 TREE DOWN LARGE LIMBS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 59 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1072 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KILN 262041
SVRILN
INC041-161-177-262145-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0166.080626T2041Z-080626T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
441 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  UNION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.

* AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL
  AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF FRANKLIN TO 18 MILES WEST OF
  GLENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAGERSTOWN...
  DUBLIN...
  CAMBRIDGE CITY...
  CONNERSVILLE...
  FOUNTAIN CITY...
  CENTERVILLE...
  WEST COLLEGE CORNER...
  RICHMOND...

IN ADDITION...FRANKLIN...FALMOUTH...BENTONVILLE...MOUNT AUBURN...
ECONOMY...GLENWOOD...EAST GERMANTOWN AND JACKSONBURG ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3979 8531 3979 8530 3980 8523 3986 8523
      3991 8521 4001 8521 4001 8520 4002 8482
      3951 8483 3951 8503 3952 8503 3951 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 269DEG 23KT 4023 8516 3957 8557

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KILN 262124
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
524 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

INC041-161-177-262145-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-080626T2145Z/
WAYNE IN-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-
524 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR UNION...FAYETTE AND WAYNE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED BUT WAS STILL CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ECONOMY TO GLENWOOD...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CONNERSVILLE...CENTERVILLE...FOUNTAIN CITY...WEST COLLEGE CORNER...
RICHMOND AND LIBERTY.

IN ADDITION...COLUMBIA...GREENS FORK...BEESONS...METTEL FIELD...
WILLIAMSBURG...WATERLOO...ALPINE AND NULLTOWN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF
THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3979 8531 3979 8530 3980 8523 3986 8523
      3991 8521 4001 8521 4001 8520 4002 8482
      3951 8483 3951 8503 3952 8503 3951 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 269DEG 23KT 4001 8499 3957 8523

$$

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 26, 1:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
117 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK. AS WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. A COLD FRONT WILL
CROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...PUTTING AN END
TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND ALLOWING COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO
ENTER THE OHIO VALLEY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
SOME CIRCULATION NOTED ON SATELLITE IMAGES WITH COMPLEX CURRENTLY
OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE 12Z NAM SEEMS TO BE PICKING UP ON
THIS...BRINGING ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
OUR AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. AS AIRMASS DESTABILIZES THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...EXPECT TO SEE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH BETTER DEVELOPMENT AS BETTER FORCING
MOVES IN WITH SHORT WAVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
ACTIVITY THAT IS AROUND THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD DROP OFF WITH A
DIURNAL MINIMUM BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT STRONG STORMS MAY
NOT LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OR THAT MID LEVEL ENERGY
COULDNT SPARK CONTINUED ACTIVITY. MODELS ARE IN OVERALL AGREEMENT
ON THE PATTERN BUT CANT COME TO THE CONSENSUS ON PLACEMENT DUE TO
THE ZONAL FLOW AND NEBULOUS PLACEMENT OF MID LEVEL S/W ENERGY.

OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE TONIGHT
AND TOMORROW NIGHT...HANGING TOUGH IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70.
NAM IS SHOWING SHOWERS ON FRIDAY WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPS LIMITED TO
AROUND 80 BUT THIS APPEARS TOO FAR OFF. DID NOT RAISE TEMPS TO THE
90S AS SHOWN BY GFS AND FWC NUMBERS BUT KEPT A SOLUTION CLOSER TO
PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH UPPER 80S.

THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SATURDAY WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATER IN THE DAY
WITH STORMS FIRING AHEAD OF IT. NAM SHOWING AN INITIAL PRESSURE
TROUGH WITH A DISASSOCIATED WIND SHIFT AND ACTUAL FRONT LATER IN
THE EVENING...POSSIBLY SPARKING A SECOND ROUND OF CONVECTION. IT
IS TOO EARLY IN THE FORECAST PROCESS TO SAY THAT THIS WOULD OCCUR.

GFS IS A BIT TOO UNREALISTIC IN BRINGING A SECOND CLOSED LOW UP
LATE OVERNIGHT SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AFTER COLD FRONT SAT NIGHT...UPPER FLOW WORKS IN THOUGH THE WINDS
TAKE THEIR TIME TO SHIFT TO THE NW. COOLEST AIR OVER OHIO VALLEY
WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY WITH A GRADUAL WARMUP EXPECTED ON DAYTIME
HIGHS. NIGHTTIME MINS SHOULD FALL IN THE 60-65 RANGE THAT WAS
ALREADY IN THE FORECAST.

ONLY REAL CHANGES MADE TO THE EXTENDED WAS TO CUT THE TEMPERATURES
GRADIENT ON TUESDAY AS A REINFORCING THERMAL TROUGH WILL CROSS THE
REGION AND COLD POOL ALOFT WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR HIGHS IN THE SW TO
REACH THE UPPER 80S.

&&

.AVIATION /17Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
AREA IN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. BETTER FORCING WILL WORK INTO THE AREA
FROM THE WEST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AS MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE
APPROACHES. WILL HANDLE CURRENT ACTIVITY WITH A TEMPO CB AND THEN
GO WITH A VCTS THIS EVENING WITH THE STRONGER UPPER LEVEL FORCING.
ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD THEN TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT.

OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...FRANKS
NEAR TERM...JGL
SHORT TERM...FRANKS
LONG TERM...FRANKS
AVIATION...JGL

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:28 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
428 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ042-051-053-060>063-
070>073-077>082-088-270915-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-DARKE-MIAMI-CLARK-PREBLE-
MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HAMILTON-
CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
428 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE TO
ALLOW SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF IT AND ALONG IT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
OR LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ026-034-035-043>046-052-054>056-064-065-074-270915-
HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-CHAMPAIGN-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-HOCKING-
428 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY
OF 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.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE TO
ALLOW SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF IT AND ALONG IT MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
OR LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:34 AM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1134 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1110 AM     FLOOD            2 SE BALTIMORE          39.83N 82.57W
06/26/2008                   FAIRFIELD          OH   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            STATE ROUTE 37 IS CLOSED 1 MILE SOUTH OF ROUTE 256 DUE TO
            THE WALNUT CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS. WATER DEPTH ON THE
            ROAD IS 2 TO 3 FEET.

&&

SHOBE2

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
130 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

KYZ092-093-096-OHZ078-261800-
CAMPBELL KY-KENTON KY-PENDLETON KY-CLERMONT OH-
130 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN CLERMONT...NORTHEASTERN
PENDLETON...KENTON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EDT...

AT 127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR CAMPBELL COUNTY LAKE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
ALEXANDRIA...GUBSER MILL...IVOR...CALIFORNIA...MOSCOW...MENTOR...NEW
RICHMOND...BLAIRSVILLE...NEW PALESTINE...NICHOLSVILLE...LINDALE AND
AMELIA.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 2:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
224 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     TSTM WND DMG     COLUMBUS                39.99N 82.99W
06/26/2008                   FRANKLIN           OH   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN

0330 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LANCASTER               39.72N 82.60W
06/26/2008                   FAIRFIELD          OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN

0500 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE LOGAN              39.59N 82.34W
06/26/2008                   HOCKING            OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ABOUT 40 LARGE TREES DOWNED

&&

Local storm report, Jun 26, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
245 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0240 PM     FLOOD            BALTIMORE               39.85N 82.61W
06/26/2008                   FAIRFIELD          OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL ROADS STILL UNDER 2 FEET OF WATER.

&&

JDR

Local storm report, Jun 26, 4:33 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
433 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0432 PM     HAIL             VANCEBURG               38.59N 83.32W
06/26/2008  E0.88 INCH       LEWIS              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union	48 min
Jun 26, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley	60 min
Jun 26, 6:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Ripley	2 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.