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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

February 18, 2009Butler County, Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 18, 2009, 2:41 PM EST for Butler County, Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2009, 2:41 PM EST (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2009, 3:15 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 18, 2:50 PM ESTHAIL 0.75Lebanon, OH

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2009-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2009-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 582 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
582 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KILN 181941
SVRILN
OHC017-165-182015-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0021.090218T1941Z-090218T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
241 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 315 PM EST.

* AT 240 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
  TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MASON...
  LEBANON...
  MORROW...

IN ADDITION...STATE ROUTE 63 AT STATE ROUTE 741...HAGEMAN...KINGS
MILLS...SOUTH LEBANON...GENNTOWN...OREGONIA...CAESAR CREEK STATE PARK
AND MIDDLEBORO ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3946 8444 3951 8398 3933 8400 3936 8443
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 266DEG 29KT 3942 8434

$$

HAWBLITZEL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KILN 181953
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
253 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

OHC017-182001-
/O.CAN.KILN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090218T2015Z/
BUTLER OH-
251 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED INTO WARREN COUNTY.

PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 3947 8425 3951 8398 3938 8399 3939 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 265DEG 43KT 3944 8416

$$

OHC165-182015-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090218T2015Z/
WARREN OH-
251 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EST
FOR CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY...

AT 250 PM EST...WARREN COUNTY EMA OFFICIALS REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL 
IN LEBANON. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF COVERING THE GROUND WITH PEA 
TO PENNY-SIZE HAIL ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY. THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEBANON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY...
INCLUDING OREGONIA...STATE ROUTE 350 AT US ROUTE 22 AND HARVEYSBURG.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3947 8425 3951 8398 3938 8399 3939 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 265DEG 43KT 3944 8416

$$

HAWBLITZEL
000 
WWUS51 KILN 182011
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
311 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

OHC165-182020-
/O.EXP.KILN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090218T2015Z/
WARREN OH-
310 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 315 PM EST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY AND WEAKENED 
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL 
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 3947 8425 3951 8398 3938 8399 3939 8428
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 265DEG 43KT 3946 8387

$$

HAWBLITZEL

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.