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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 28, 20085 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2008, 4:46 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 44 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 28, 2008, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2008, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Highland County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 2008-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 505 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 2008-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 28, 4:09 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 4:09 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 1:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
147 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ091>093-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-291800-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-
SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-
FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-
FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-
HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
147 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 629 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

KYZ089-090-094>100-291800-
CARROLL-GALLATIN-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
147 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 630 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND
NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

.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.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:49 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
349 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008

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

0223 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LUDLOW FALLS            40.00N 84.34W
06/28/2008                   MIAMI              OH   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN.

&&

MGALLAGHER
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:14 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:30 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:31 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 1:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Hardin87 min
Jun 28, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin19 min
Jun 28, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Darke, Logan, Miami, Shelby40 min
Jun 28, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Delaware, Logan, Madison, Miami and 1 more56 min
Jun 28, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Franklin, Madison, Union47 min
Jun 28, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Greene, Montgomery, Warren45 min
Jun 28, 3:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Clark, Delaware, Madison, Union118 min
Jun 28, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Franklin, Madison61 min
Jun 28, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking54 min
Jun 28, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Clinton, Greene, Warren42 min
Jun 28, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton50 min
Jun 28, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene, Warren47 min
Jun 28, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren39 min
Jun 28, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway44 min
Jun 28, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Hamilton36 min
Jun 28, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield63 min
Jun 28, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Ross23 min
Jun 28, 3:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDearborn, Ripley3 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.