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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 4, 20105 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2010, 11:24 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 66 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 4, 2010, 11:24 PM EDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2010, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fairfield County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 4, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 00:00Z on 2010-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 876 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 00:00Z on 2010-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
876 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.6

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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 4, 7:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 7:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 7:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
758 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

OHZ034-035-042>045-051>055-052315-
MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-
758 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 571 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY
OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

OHZ026-046-056-065-074-052315-
HARDIN-DELAWARE-LICKING-FAIRFIELD-HOCKING-
758 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL
OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. THE
STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA...BUT SOME STORMS
COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES WHICH MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

MORE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS
A COLD FRONT SAGS THROUGH THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-KYZ091>093-OHZ060>064-070>073-077>082-088-
052315-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-BOONE-
KENTON-CAMPBELL-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-BUTLER-
WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-
SCIOTO-
758 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 571 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL
OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

MORE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS
A COLD FRONT SAGS THROUGH THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

INZ080-KYZ089-090-094>100-052315-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-
MASON-LEWIS-
758 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 571 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT
THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

MORE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS
A COLD FRONT SAGS THROUGH THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

BINAU

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 9:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 4, 10:47 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby55 min
Aug 4, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby66 min
Aug 4, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble62 min
Aug 4, 9:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDarke, Preble3 hr
Aug 4, 9:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Mercer, Shelby3 hr
Aug 4, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby, Union59 min
Aug 4, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren66 min
Aug 4, 10:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Montgomery and 1 more57 min
Aug 4, 10:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin, Logan, Union20 min
Aug 4, 10:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Montgomery, Preble3 hr
Aug 4, 10:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware, Franklin, Union53 min
Aug 4, 10:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Franklin, Highland, Madison, Pickaway and 1 more57 min
Aug 4, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Warren36 min
Aug 4, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Franklin, Licking, Union65 min
Aug 4, 11:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking16 min
Aug 5, 11:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown39 min
Aug 5, 11:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Scioto61 min
Aug 5, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Scioto55 min
Aug 5, 9:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNOwen46 min
Aug 5, 10:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Pendleton28 min
Aug 5, 10:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson44 min
Aug 4, 8:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWayne65 min
Aug 4, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWayne59 min
Aug 5, 12:03 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland100 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.