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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 26, 2009Bracken County, Robertson County, Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2009-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 274 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 2009-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
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

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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 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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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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Special weather statement, May 26, 4:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Highland28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.