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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 3, 2008Lewis County, Mason County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2008, 4:44 PM EDT for Lewis County, Mason County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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: Jun 3, 2008, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2008, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 3:33 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 Jun 3, 4:09 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 4:09 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 3:51 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
351 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

INZ058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>098-OHZ070-071-077-078-042000-
FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-
CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-
ROBERTSON-BUTLER-WARREN-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-
351 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...TORNADO WATCH 434 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST EARLY ON
WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

INZ050-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-074-042000-
WAYNE-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-
MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-
GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-HOCKING-
351 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A
WARM FRONT WILL SET UP NORTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR AND MORE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG IT. SOME OF THESE STORMS
OVERNIGHT MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ON
WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TO ACTIVATE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

KYZ099-100-OHZ072-073-079>082-088-042000-
MASON-LEWIS-CLINTON-ROSS-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
351 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008

...TORNADO WATCH 436 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...CENTRAL
OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ON
WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 2:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
231 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 PM     HAIL             WORTHVILLE              38.61N 85.07W
06/03/2008  E0.75 INCH       CARROLL            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MYRONP

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:51 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
351 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RICHWOOD                38.92N 84.63W
06/03/2008                   BOONE              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED WINDS AT 55 TO 60 MPH. BRANCHES DOWN.

0345 PM     HAIL             RICHWOOD                38.92N 84.63W
06/03/2008  E0.75 INCH       BOONE              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JDR

Local storm report, Jun 3, 4:11 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
411 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FRIENDSHIP              38.97N 85.15W
06/03/2008                   RIPLEY             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

&&

MJP

Local storm report, Jun 3, 4:13 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
413 PM EDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0351 PM     TSTM WND GST     BURLINGTON              39.02N 84.72W
06/03/2008  E60.00 MPH       BOONE              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

0351 PM     HAIL             BURLINGTON              39.02N 84.72W
06/03/2008  E0.88 INCH       BOONE              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	42 min
Jun 3, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	40 min
Jun 3, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont	31 min
Jun 3, 7:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Montgomery, Preble, Ross and 1 more	117 min
Jun 3, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Pickaway, Ross	62 min
Jun 3, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Owen	43 min
Jun 3, 3:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Boone	43 min
Jun 3, 4:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Lewis	32 min
Jun 3, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union	53 min
Jun 3, 3:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	29 min

Nearby

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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.