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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 2009, 5:06 PM EST for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 54 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
- Feb 11, 2009, 5:06 PM EST (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Pickaway County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 1:59 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 468 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 468 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 Feb 11, 4:44 PM EST, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 4:44 PM EST, 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
444 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER GREAT LAKES WILL
PULL A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. HIGH WINDS WILL
USHER IN COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY AIR WILL
BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
LOW IS OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
BOWING SEGMENTS ARE SLICING THROUGH ILN AREA...WITH A DRY SLOT TO
THE WEST...FOLLOWED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE LOW CENTER.
THOUGH MUCH OF OUR AREA IS UNDER TORNADO WATCHES 16 AND 18...WE HAVE
NOT RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF DAMAGE SO FAR SO IT APPEARS THAT
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THIS AFTERNOON. EASTERN
LOCATIONS HAD PARTIAL SUNSHINE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...SO
SLIGHTLY HIGHER INSTABILITY THERE MAY CAUSE SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO
BECOME SEVERE.
AFTER SEVERE THREAT ENDS THIS EVENING...WIDESPREAD SYNOPTIC SCALE
HIGH WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF THE DEPARTING LOW. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE STILL
EXPECTED...AND A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 AM.
LINGERING SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE BY LATE EVENING WITH
LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING BUT WILL NOT DISAPPEAR. SNOW WILL MIX IN
TOWARD MORNING WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
IT WILL REMAIN WINDY ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BUT SPEEDS
WILL BE BELOW WARNING OR ADVISORY CRITERIA. ISOLATED LINGERING
SHOWERS WILL END BY AFTERNOON...LEAVING PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL KEEP THINGS DRY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. LOW
PRESSURE WILL BRING THE LIKELIHOOD FOR LIGHT AMOUNTS OF RAIN AND
SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY ABOVE NORMAL BUT WILL
NOT BE AS WARM AS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS WEEK.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...BOTH GFS AND ECMWF NOW
SHOWING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN
INDIANA...SOUTHERN OHIO...AND KENTUCKY AND THEN SOUTHEAST TO THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST EITHER LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. THE ECMWF IS
A LITTLE SLOWER WITH THIS SYSTEM. PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO BE A MIX
OF RAIN AND SNOW MANY AREAS TO START AND THEN WILL TRANSITION TO
RAIN AS LOW BRINGS WARMER AIR TO MUCH OF FORECAST AREA AND THEN
TRANSITIONS TO SNOW SHOWERS AS COLD WRAPS AROUND BEHIND THE LOW.
KEPT POPS IN CHANCE CATEGORY WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT
BUT POPS MAY NEED TO BE RAISED IN LATER FORECASTS.
SUNDAY WILL BE DRY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF DRY
WEATHER.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO EFFECT THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY REGION TOWARD THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WEDNESDAY OF
NEXT WEEK. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A SIMILAR
TRACK AS THE LOW THIS SATURDAY AND MOVE FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA...SOUTHERN OHIO...AND NORTHERN
KENTUCKY AND THEN SOUTHEAST.
TEMPERATURES READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL SATURDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO MID 40S AND LOWS IN
THE 20S.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
CONVECTIVE LINE WILL MOVE INTO AREA NEAR/AFTER 20Z...AFFECTING
KCVG/KLUK...THEN UP TO KCMH/KLCK NEAR 23Z. KLCK/KCMH WILL CONTINUE
WTH VFR CIGS PRIOR TO THIS TIME. HAVE TRIED TIMING THE CB AND
LOWERED VSBYS/CIGS ASSOC WTH CONVECTIVE LINE. SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE WITH LINE...BUT GENERALLY GUSTS TO 35-45KTS. VERY LITTLE
LIGHTNING CURRENTLY OBSERVED WITH THIS LINE OVR KY ATTM. THE MORE
SEVERE WIND WILL COME BEHIND THE CONV LINE WHERE GUSTS FROM 50 TO
APPROACHING 60KTS ESPECIALLY FROM 22Z-04Z IN THE SW AND 23-06Z IN
THE EAST. KILN SNDG AT 12Z HAD 50KTS AT JUST 25K FT. 18Z SNDG TO
BE RELEASED...AND AM ANTICIPATING THESE WINDS TO BE MUCH CLOSER TO
SFC WTH MIXING OCCURRING...THEN TRANSPORTED DOWN TO THE SFC FROM
ABOUT 22Z ONWARD.
OUTLOOK...MVFR CEILINGS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY. MVFR CEILINGS AND
MVFR/IFR VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
WITH RAIN/SNOW.
&&
.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY FOR OHZ026-034-035-
042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.
KY...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY FOR INZ050-058-059-
066-073>075-080.
&&
SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO
NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO
SHORT TERM...CONIGLIO
LONG TERM...PARKER
AVIATION...JDRHazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 2:08 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 208 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 INZ058-059-066-KYZ100-OHZ045-046-052>056-060>065-070>074-080>082-088- 121915- FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-LEWIS-UNION OH-DELAWARE-CHAMPAIGN- CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE- FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING- HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 208 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 18 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .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. HIGH WIND WARNING. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. INZ050-OHZ026-034-035-042>044-051-121915- WAYNE-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-MIAMI- 208 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .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. HIGH WIND WARNING. AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TODAY...A COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY SWEEP THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST. WINDS WILL BECOME VERY STRONG WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>099-OHZ077>079-121915- RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON- CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-HAMILTON- CLERMONT-BROWN- 208 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 16 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .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. HIGH WIND WARNING. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 11, 4:35 PM EST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
435 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0433 PM TSTM WND GST 2 S WILMINGTON 39.41N 83.83W
02/11/2009 M58.00 MPH CLINTON OH OFFICIAL NWS OBS
RECORDED AT THE NWS OFFICE.
&&
HATZOSLocal storm report, Feb 11, 4:51 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
451 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0341 PM TSTM WND DMG FALMOUTH 38.67N 84.33W
02/11/2009 PENDLETON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
GUTTERS AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOUSES.
0356 PM TSTM WND DMG BROOKSVILLE 38.68N 84.07W
02/11/2009 BRACKEN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
A CAR PORT WAS BLOWN DOWN.
0358 PM TSTM WND DMG FELICITY 38.84N 84.10W
02/11/2009 CLERMONT OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER POLES DOWN. ONE TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE.
0410 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT ORAB 39.03N 83.92W
02/11/2009 BROWN OH PUBLIC
LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
0422 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SSW HERRON HILL 38.56N 83.51W
02/11/2009 E60.00 MPH LEWIS KY TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED GUST TO 60 MPH IN RIBOLT.
&&
HATZOSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 46 min |
| Feb 11, 3:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 49 min |
| Feb 11, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 39 min |
| Feb 11, 4:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Greene, Highland and 4 more | 42 min |
| Feb 11, 5:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 13 min |
| Feb 11, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross | 46 min |
| Feb 11, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 45 min |
| Feb 11, 5:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Greene, Logan, Miami, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Feb 11, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Licking | 44 min |
| Feb 11, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby | 50 min |
| Feb 11, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, Warren | 50 min |
| Feb 11, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 33 min |
| Feb 11, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Warren | 40 min |
| Feb 11, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin, Logan, Union | 19 min |
| Feb 11, 6:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Highland and 3 more | 49 min |
| Feb 11, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Greene, Logan, Madison, Miami and 2 more | 45 min |
| Feb 11, 6:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 31 min |
| Feb 11, 6:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway | 46 min |
| Feb 11, 2:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 53 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.