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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2008, 12:25 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 50 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 5, 2008, 12:25 AM EDT (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2008, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Aug 4, 11:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 11:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1111 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL FLATTEN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AS A SHORTWAVE TRACKS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL SEND A COLD FRONT INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... INTENSE DERECHO PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DMG WINDS RAPIDLY ADVANCING SOUTHEAST ACRS NRN INDIANA ATTM. NEW SVR TSTM WATCH #808 HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED TO ENCOMPASS THE MAJORITY OF THE FCST AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COLUMBUS AND DAYTON. MESOANALYSIS INDCG WELL DEFINED LLJ FEEDING PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO FUEL ONGOING CONVECTION...AND EXPECT THAT TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THETA-E RIDGE AND NICE AXIS OF MOISTURE CONV CURRENTLY ALIGNED FROM NW INDIANA SOUTHEAST INTO WEST CNTRL OH...WITH DERECHO LIKELY TO FOLLOW THAT PATH OVER NEXT 1-2 HOURS. WHILE ATMOSPHERE IS NOT NEARLY AS MOIST OR UNSTABLE ACRS FCST AREA AS POINTS TO NORTH/WEST...LLJ AND FORWARD PROPAGATION ALONE SHOULD SUSTAIN DMG WIND CONCERNS INTO NW 1/2 FCST AREA THRU 06Z. ADDL SCT CONVECTION INVOF CMH METRO APPEARS TO BE RUNNING ALONG LO LVL CONV BNDRY. UPDATED FCST TO ADD MENTION OF SVR WX AND INCLUSION OF NEW WATCH. STILL FEEL TSTM COMPLEX WILL GRADUALLY LOSE ITS PUNCH AS IT PROGRESSES SOUTHEAST ACRS FCST AREA OVERNIGHT INTO A LES FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT ADDL WATCHES WOULD BE NEEDED DOWNSTREAM OF THE CURRENT WATCH. WILL ADDRESS THAT AFT MIDNIGHT BASED ON FURTHER EVOLUTION OF DERECHO. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... EXPECT A ROUND OF CONVECTION TO BE ONGOING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND INDIANA TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET WILL LEAD TO INCREASING SHEAR IN THE AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL FAVOR SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY IF WE GET ENOUGH SUN DURING THE DAY AND DESTABILIZE. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE OHIO RIVER LATE TUESDAY NIGHT BRINGING A QUICK END TO PRECIP CHANCES FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. GFS IS QUITE A BIT SLOWER THAN THE NAM WITH THE FRONT...BUT TRENDED TOWARD FASTER NAM ESPECIALLY WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIP AND ASSOCIATED COLD POOL LIKELY TO ENHANCE ITS SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ALONG EASTERN CANADA/NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD WITH OUR AREA CONTINUING UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WILL ROTATE DOWN THROUGH THE TROUGH...BUT OUR FA WILL GENERALLY REMAIN TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BETTER FORCING. WILL THEREFORE JUST HANG ON TO SOME LOW POPS ACROSS OUR NORTHEAST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND THEN TRY TO KEEP THE REST OF THE LONG TERM DRY AT THIS POINT. WITH UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE EAST AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /03Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER NATIONS MID SECTION OF THE NATION WITH A WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THIS HIGH. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THRU THE EVENING WITH SOME RESIDUAL MID/HI LEVEL DEBRIS CLOUDS. INSTBY IS THE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER NIGHT. CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER THE MID MS VALLEY WL LKLY DROP INTO WEST CENTRAL OHIO LATE TNGT. HAVE INDICATED THUNDER AT ALL BUT THE FAR SRN TAF SITES LATE TNGT. AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT WINDS WILL INCREASE TO OVER 10 KNOTS AFTER 13Z ON TUESDAY...WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KNOTS PSBL. MODERATE INSTBY DEVELOPS TUESDAY AFTN...SO AFTER THE EARLY MORNING CONVECTION EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. FOR NOW HAVE MENTIONED VCTS AND CB. OUTLOOK...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...AR NEAR TERM...RYAN SHORT TERM...HAWBLITZEL LONG TERM...JGL AVIATION...AR
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 10:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1057 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ056-065-070>074-077>082- 088-060300- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-LICKING-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER- WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS- PIKE-SCIOTO- 1057 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>055-060>064-060300- HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI- CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE- FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY- 1057 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 808 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT. RYAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 11:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1124 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 OHZ064-073-074-050400- ROSS OH-HOCKING OH-PICKAWAY OH- 1124 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN PICKAWAY... SOUTHWESTERN HOCKING AND EASTERN ROSS COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 1122 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR HALLSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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... LAURELVILLE...ADELPHI...MOORESVILLE AND LONDONDERRY.
Local storm report, Aug 4, 11:49 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 12:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 1:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Shelby | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Franklin, Hardin, Logan and 2 more | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and 1 more | 45 min |
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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.