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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2009, 6:03 PM EDT for Bracken County, Robertson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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
- May 26, 2009, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2009, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bracken County, KY, Robertson County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 354 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 26, 3:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:07 AM EDT, 12 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 507 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-270915- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-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- 507 AM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 12:09 PM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1209 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009 KYZ100-OHZ081-088-261645- LEWIS KY-SCIOTO OH-ADAMS OH- 1209 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS... SOUTHWESTERN SCIOTO AND NORTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM EDT... AT 1207 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED TWO MILES EAST OF VANCEBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...BUENA VISTA...VANCEBURG...PORTSMOUTH... GARRISON...TURKEY CREEK LAKE...LOMBARDSVILLE... FRIENDSHIP...WAMSLEY...BLUE CREEK...SAINT PAUL AND WEST PORTSMOUTH. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS. HATZOS
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 137 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009 OHZ035-043-261815- SHELBY OH-AUGLAIZE OH- 137 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN AUGLAIZE AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT... AT 135 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR NEWPORT...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...FORT LORAMIE...LAKE LORAMIE STATE PARK...MINSTER...SWANDERS...MONTRA... MCCARTYVILLE...FRYBURG...MOULTON...NEW KNOXVILLE...NEW BREMEN... KETTLERSVILLE AND BOTKINS. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS. HATZOS
Local storm report, May 26, 3:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Highland | 28 min |
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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.