Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2008, 4:09 AM EDT for Adams County, Brown County, Ohio; Bracken County, Lewis County, Mason County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 22, 2008, 4:09 AM EDT (08:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2008, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bracken County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1217 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 18.4
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 Jul 22, 4:03 AM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 4:03 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 9:55 PM EDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 955 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ060>062-070>073-077>082- 088-230200- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE- BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS- PIKE-SCIOTO- 955 PM EDT MON JUL 21 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...TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATE TONIGHT...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TONIGHT. OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-063>065-074-230200- HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI- CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY- FAIRFIELD-HOCKING- 955 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1234 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 OHZ042-043-051-220500- MIAMI OH-DARKE OH-SHELBY OH- 1234 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY...NORTHERN DARKE AND NORTHWESTERN MIAMI COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM EDT... AT 1233 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR UNION CITY...MOVING EAST AT 42 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...UNION CITY...COSMOS...ROSE HILL...SHARPS CROSSING...ROSSBURG...ANSONIA... BROCK...DARKE COUNTY AIRPORT...PIKEVILLE...HOUSTON...POLO AND BLOOMER. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOME STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 102 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 OHZ042-043-051-220530- MIAMI OH-DARKE OH-SHELBY OH- 102 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY...CENTRAL DARKE AND WESTERN MIAMI COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM EDT... AT 1258 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR ANSONIA...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...DARKE COUNTY AIRPORT...PIKEVILLE...VERSAILLES...WEBSTER...GETTYSBURG... UNION CORNERS...HORATIO...BLOOMER...BRADFORD...CIRCLE HILL...CLAYTON AND POLO. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOME STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
Local storm report, Jul 22, 1:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
113 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0102 AM HAIL HOLTON 39.08N 85.38W
07/22/2008 E0.75 INCH RIPLEY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
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MYRONPLocal storm report, Jul 22, 2:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
211 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 S VERSAILLES 38.99N 85.26W
07/22/2008 RIPLEY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARN ROOF TORN OFF
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JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 1:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Miami | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 1:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 2:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Highland | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 2:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 2:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 2:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 3:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 3:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Hamilton | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 3:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 3:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 3:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking, Pickaway, Pike, Ross | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 1:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 1:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 3:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen | 67 min |
| Jul 22, 12:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2008Severe 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.