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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 4, 2008Gallatin County, Grant County, Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2008, 1:26 PM EDT for Gallatin County, Grant County, Owen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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 4, 2008, 1:26 PM EDT (17:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2008, 1:51 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Owen County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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 4, 9:18 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 565 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 288 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 7.8

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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 4, 1:10 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:10 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 1:14 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
114 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

INZ050-058-059-066-073-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051-052-051715-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-
114 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

INZ074-075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ053>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-051715-
DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-
OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-CLARK-MADISON-
FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-
FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-
HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-
114 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
...TORNADO WATCH 446 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF
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.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

OHZ088-051715-
SCIOTO-
114 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR
   EASTERN SCIOTO COUNTY ALONG PINE CREEK...
...TORNADO WATCH 446 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL 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.
   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:01 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
901 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

0801 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MIDLAND                 39.31N 83.91W
06/04/2008                   CLINTON            OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MANY TREES DOWNED DUE TO HIGH WINDS...WITH SOME FALLING
            ON BUILDINGS AND CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

&&

HATZOS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:15 AM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
915 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

0852 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CHILLICOTHE             39.34N 82.99W
06/04/2008                   ROSS               OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS ROADS.

&&

HATZOS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1034 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

0805 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WESTBORO                39.28N 83.91W
06/04/2008                   CLINTON            OH   PUBLIC

            A LARGE TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN, A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A
            HOUSE AND PORCH FURNITURE WAS DAMAGED. THE LOCATION WAS
            WESTBORO AND OLD HIGHWAY 68.

&&

MJP

Local storm report, Jun 4, 10:53 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1053 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

0900 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BROOKVILLE              39.42N 85.01W
06/04/2008                   FRANKLIN           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            AT LEAST 8 ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH WATER RUNNING
            ACROSS THEM.

0900 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MANCHESTER              39.15N 85.01W
06/04/2008                   DEARBORN           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            AT LEAST 5 COUNTY ROADS WITH HIGH WATER RUNNING ACROSS
            THEM.

&&

JDR

Local storm report, Jun 4, 11:06 AM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1106 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

0958 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LOGAN                   39.54N 82.40W
06/04/2008                   HOCKING            OH   PUBLIC

            TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

&&

MJP

Local storm report, Jun 4, 11:18 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1118 AM EDT WED JUN 04 2008

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

1050 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WHEELERSBURG            38.73N 82.85W
06/04/2008                   SCIOTO             OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

&&

MJP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene, Montgomery, Warren	57 min
Jun 3, 8:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Warren	48 min
Jun 3, 8:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fayette, Pickaway, Ross	47 min
Jun 3, 8:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton	50 min
Jun 3, 8:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Butler, Preble	49 min
Jun 3, 8:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Ross	46 min
Jun 3, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	42 min
Jun 3, 8:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Hocking	31 min
Jun 3, 9:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Montgomery, Pickaway, Ross and 1 more	119 min
Jun 3, 9:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Preble	38 min
Jun 3, 9:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Ross	58 min
Jun 3, 9:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Butler, Warren	47 min
Jun 3, 9:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Preble	56 min
Jun 3, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	49 min
Jun 3, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Highland, Pike, Ross	46 min
Jun 3, 9:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Butler, Preble	2 hr
Jun 3, 10:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene	43 min
Jun 3, 10:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Pike, Ross	49 min
Jun 3, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	29 min
Jun 3, 10:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland, Montgomery, Pickaway and 3 more	4 hr
Jun 3, 11:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clark, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hocking and 4 more	118 min
Jun 3, 11:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	49 min
Jun 3, 11:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Darke, Preble	2 hr
Jun 4, 2:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Darke	113 min
Jun 4, 2:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Darke, Miami	42 min
Jun 4, 3:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Greene, Warren	58 hr
Jun 4, 3:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Madison	67 min
Jun 4, 3:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	3 hr
Jun 4, 3:48 AM EDT	Flood Watch	ILN	Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more	20 hr
Jun 4, 3:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami	9 hr
Jun 4, 4:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Montgomery, Preble	9 hr
Jun 4, 4:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Clark	8 hr
Jun 4, 7:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	47 min
Jun 4, 7:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	44 min
Jun 4, 7:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	39 min
Jun 4, 8:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren	2 hr
Jun 4, 8:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland	47 min
Jun 4, 8:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Highland	43 min
Jun 4, 8:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Highland, Pickaway, Pike, Ross	57 min
Jun 4, 8:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	3 hr
Jun 4, 9:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking	51 min
Jun 4, 9:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Pike, Ross	3 hr
Jun 4, 10:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland	2 hr
Jun 4, 10:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	46 min
Jun 4, 11:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	2 hr
Jun 4, 12:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILN	Scioto	9 hr
Jun 4, 12:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking and 3 more	3 hr
Jun 4, 1:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Scioto	2 hr
Jun 4, 1:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	3 hr
Jun 4, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	45 min
Jun 4, 3:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Scioto	2 hr
Jun 4, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	47 min
Jun 4, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Highland	38 min
Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Hamilton	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	64 min
Jun 4, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery, Preble	59 min
Jun 4, 6:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	35 min
Jun 4, 6:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont	47 min
Jun 4, 6:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Scioto	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clinton, Greene, Highland, Warren	55 min
Jun 4, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont	66 min
Jun 4, 7:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	27 min
Jun 4, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	38 min
Jun 4, 7:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	52 min
Jun 4, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike and 2 more	53 min
Jun 4, 12:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Owen	43 min
Jun 4, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Owen	30 min
Jun 4, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton	51 min
Jun 4, 2:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Lewis	32 min
Jun 4, 5:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Boone	46 min
Jun 4, 6:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Campbell, Kenton	45 min
Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Boone, Gallatin, Kenton	34 min
Jun 4, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton	33 min
Jun 3, 8:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union	39 min
Jun 4, 3:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Wayne	6 hr
Jun 4, 8:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	15 min
Jun 4, 8:16 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	3 hr
Jun 4, 8:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fayette, Union	3 hr
Jun 4, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ripley	64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2008 Every 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.