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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 25, 2009Pike County, Ross County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2009, 10:27 PM EDT for Pike County, Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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 25, 2009, 10:27 PM EDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2009, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 286 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2009-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2793 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2009-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
2793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 25, 7:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 7:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
731 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT...SLOWLY SAGGING
SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO
THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
SATURDAY NIGHT.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
COMPLEX MESOSCALE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. A WEAK TROF AXIS EXTENDING
FROM N CNTRL KY INTO CNTRL OHIO THIS AFTN HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IT APPEARS THAT THIS AREA
SHOULD DECREASE SOME IN COVERAGE BY THIS EVENING AS FOCUS FOR
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHIFTS TO THE NRN ZONES DUE TO AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT. BEST SHEAR THIS EVENING WILL BE ACROSS OUR NORTH. WILL
MAINTAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 510 FOR THE NORTH UNTIL 10 PM
EDT. WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED AND/OR EXPANDED DEPENDING ON
DEVELOPMENT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTH TO THE NRN FCST AREA BY FRIDAY
MORNING. CONVECTION SHOULD SHOW SOME DECREASING TREND TOWARD
MORNING DUE TO THE LACK OF STRONG LOW LVL FORCING...BUT IT
SHOULD NOT COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. FRONT WILL TRAVERSE SLOWLY ACRS
THE SRN HALF OF THE FCST AREA FRIDAY AFTN. HAVE KEPT 20 AND 30
POPS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

COLD FRONT SHOULD BE SOUTH OF THE REGION BY FRIDAY NIGHT...ENDING
THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD
INTO OUR AREA FROM THE NORTH.

DESPITE FRONTAL PASSAGE...TEMPS WILL CONTINUE ON THE WARM SIDE AS
COOLEST AIR WILL REMAIN TO OUR NE.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE AREA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WILL
QUICKLY MOVE OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

AN UPPER LOW WILL DROP SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES DURING THE
FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL BRING COOLER CONDITIONS AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE LIMITED POPS
TO LOW CHANCE AT THIS POINT MAINLY FOR THE NORTHEAST ZONES. BY
THURSDAY THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST. SO TEMPERATURES WILL
BE ABLE TO REBOUND CLOSE TO NORMAL WITH DRY CONDITIONS.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
ONGOING CONVECTION WILL LAST ANOTHER 2-21/2 HOURS THIS EVENING AND
SHOW AN EASTWARD PROGRESSION AS THE STORMS MODIFY THEIR IMMEDIATE
AIRMASS AND BEGIN TO RAIN THEMSELVES OUT. NO ADDITIONAL HEATING
WILL PERMIT THE STORMS TO REGAIN IN INTENSITY AFTER THIS EVENING
BUT THOSE THAT ARE NORTHEAST OF KILN MAY CONTINUE FOR A LITTLE
LONGER AS THEY ARE CLOSER TO THE LARGER SOURCE OF LIFT ALOFT. THE
WORST OF THE STORMS TONIGHT WILL SEE DISTINCT CORES DROP VSBYS TO
LIFR WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. ERRATIC WIND DIRECTIONS WILL OCCUR
UNTIL ABOUT 3Z DUE TO THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW.

AFTER WEST WINDS KICK IN...NORTHWEST FLOW TOMORROW WILL PERMIT SCT
CU TO BECOME BROKEN AT TIMES BUT SHOULD REMAIN VFR.

OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...HICKMAN
NEAR TERM...HICKMAN
SHORT TERM...HICKMAN
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...FRANKS
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Franklin, Licking57 min
Jun 25, 8:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNMadison2 hr
Jun 25, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway37 min
Jun 25, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Pickaway, Ross51 min
Jun 25, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Madison, Pickaway40 min
Jun 25, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Pickaway44 min
Jun 25, 10:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFranklin, Licking3 hr
Jun 25, 10:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDelaware, Licking3 hr
Jun 25, 11:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Warren41 min
Jun 25, 11:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler3 hr
Jun 25, 11:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Warren46 min
Jun 25, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami, Montgomery55 min
Jun 25, 11:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler3 hr
Jun 25, 11:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDarke, Miami3 hr
Jun 26, 12:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Highland31 min
Jun 26, 12:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClark, Greene, Montgomery4 hr
Jun 26, 12:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDarke, Preble4 hr
Jun 26, 1:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Highland, Pike, Ross44 min
Jun 26, 1:27 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNWarren3 hr
Jun 26, 1:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler3 hr
Jun 26, 1:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFayette, Ross3 hr
Jun 26, 1:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Clermont, Hamilton47 min
Jun 26, 1:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClermont, Hamilton3 hr
Jun 26, 2:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Hamilton61 min
Jun 26, 2:37 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNClermont, Hamilton, Warren3 hr
Jun 26, 3:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAdams, Brown, Highland, Scioto3 hr
Jun 26, 2:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone30 min
Jun 26, 3:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNCarroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton3 hr
Jun 26, 2:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDearborn, Franklin, Ripley3 hr

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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.