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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 25, 2009Brown County, Clermont County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2009, 4:34 PM EDT for Brown County, Clermont County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 25, 2009, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2009, 5:09 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bracken County, KY, Mason County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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
Jul 25, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 367 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1598 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 25, 4:31 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 4:31 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
307 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ091>093-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-260915-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-
SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-
FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-
FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-
HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
307 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SUBSTANTIAL CLOUD COVER HAS LIMITED INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION.
ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME CLEARING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE
POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ090-095>100-260915-
GALLATIN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
307 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND
NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE AHEAD OF THESE STORMS. THIS COMBINED WITH
FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS MAY ALLOW FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

KYZ089-094-260915-
CARROLL-OWEN-
307 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 623 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

.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.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND REPORT AND SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:23 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 5:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAdams, Brown85 min
Jul 25, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Grant, Owen39 min
Jul 25, 4:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBracken, Grant, Pendleton, Robertson63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.