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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 1, 2008Darke County, Preble County, Ohio; Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2008, 10:23 PM EDT for Darke County, Preble County, Ohio; Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 1, 2008, 10:23 PM EDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2008, 10:53 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Wayne County, IN, Darke County, OH, Preble County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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
Aug 1, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 00:00Z on 2008-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1511 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 00:00Z on 2008-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
1511 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.6

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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.