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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 5, 20088 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2008, 1:52 AM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 38 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, 1:52 AM EDT (05:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2008, 2:30 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Union County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 5, 12:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 12:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 10:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 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, 2 hours 28 minutes 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, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 12:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 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, 12:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby50 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, 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.