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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2008, 8:07 PM EDT for Pickaway County, Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 23 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 26, 2008, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2008, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pickaway County, OH, Ross County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 851 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 26, 7:52 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 7:52 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:25 AM EDT, 14 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 525 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-270930- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-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- 525 AM EDT SAT JUL 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...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. HOWEVER..THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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 26, 5:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 550 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 INZ066-074-OHZ070-077-262230- FRANKLIN IN-DEARBORN IN-HAMILTON OH-BUTLER OH- 550 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER... NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON...NORTHEASTERN DEARBORN AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR CEDAR GROVE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...CEDAR GROVE...MOUNT CARMEL...ST. LEON...NEW ALSACE...SCIPIO...NEW TRENTON...DOVER...ROCKDALE...LOGAN...OKEANA...ALERT...CLEVES...AND WEST HARRISON. 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. HATZOS
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 635 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 OHZ055-056-065-262315- FAIRFIELD OH-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING OH- 635 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN LICKING...FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 631 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR NEW ROME...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...UPPER ARLINGTON...VALLEYVIEW...MARBLE CLIFF...URBANCREST...GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS...GROVE CITY...COLUMBUS...BEXLEY...GAHANNA...OBETZ... WHITEHALL AND ETNA. 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. HATZOS
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 6:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 638 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 OHZ063-064-073-262330- ROSS OH-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY OH- 638 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PICKAWAY...NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND NORTHERN ROSS COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT... AT 635 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR BLOOMINGBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...MADISON MILLS...PANCOASTBURG...DEER CREEK LAKE...NEW HOLLAND...WILLIAMSPORT AND CLARKSBURG. 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. HATZOS
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.