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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 5, 20084 counties in Ohio

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 4, 10:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2008-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 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 2008-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
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

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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 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 11:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss35 min
Aug 5, 12:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Preble48 min
Aug 5, 1:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Shelby49 min
Aug 5, 1:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Delaware, Franklin, Hardin, Logan and 2 more38 min
Aug 5, 2:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and 1 more45 min

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.