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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 10, 2009Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2009, 3:55 PM EDT for Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 19 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 10, 2009, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2009, 4:14 PM EDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 12:00Z on 2009-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2349 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 12:00Z on 2009-08-10The 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
2349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.0

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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 Aug 10, 2:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:57 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
257 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

INZ066-OHZ070-101930-
FRANKLIN IN-BUTLER OH-
257 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN BUTLER AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 257 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR BROOKVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BROOKVILLE AND OXFORD.

IN ADDITION...MOUNDS STATE RECREATION AREA...CEDAR GROVE...ALERT...
LAYHIGH...MCGONIGLE...ST. CHARLES...REILY AND OKEANA ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

HATZOS
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 3:52 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
352 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

INZ073-074-102030-
DEARBORN IN-RIPLEY IN-
352 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2009

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RIPLEY AND DEARBORN
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR SUNMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILAN...MOORES HILL...LAWRENCEBURG...BRIGHT AND AURORA.

IN ADDITION...PENNTOWN...SUNMAN...WEISBURG...LAWRENCEVILLE...
MANCHESTER...NEW ALSACE...MOUNT SINAI AND ST. LEON ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

HATZOS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clermont, Highland43 min
Aug 10, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Owen47 min
Aug 10, 5:48 PM EDTTornado WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin27 min
Aug 10, 6:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNOwen3 hr
Aug 10, 6:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNGrant, Pendleton3 hr
Aug 10, 7:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNMason, Robertson3 hr
Aug 10, 4:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNRipley2 hr
Aug 10, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn, Ohio, Ripley27 min

Nearby

Severe 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.