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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 5, 2010Pike County, Ross County, Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2010, 10:37 PM EDT for Pike County, Ross County, Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 37 min. 5 reports 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
Apr 5, 2010, 10:37 PM EDT (02:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2010, 11:14 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Apr 5, 10:43 PM EDTHAIL 1.255 W Waverly, OH
Apr 5, 10:45 PM EDTHAIL 0.885 Sw Waverly, OHNICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR IDAHO
Apr 5, 10:51 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Waverly, OHNICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING GROUND
Apr 5, 10:56 PM EDTHAIL 1Piketon, OH
Apr 5, 10:57 PM EDTHAIL 1Waverly, OHNICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND

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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2010-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2010-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

733 
WUUS51 KILN 060237
SVRILN
OHC131-141-145-060330-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0021.100406T0237Z-100406T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1037 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHERN ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  NORTHEASTERN SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.

* AT 1034 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIKE
  LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAVERLY...
  PIKETON...

IN ADDITION...BUCHANAN...IDAHO...ELM GROVE...LAKE WHITE...PIKE COUNTY
AIRPORT...OMEGA...WAKEFIELD AND GIVENS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS!

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 3881 8264 3879 8267 3910 8330 3924 8318
      3913 8278 3895 8280 3894 8276 3886 8276
      3885 8265 3884 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 296DEG 34KT 3913 8316

$$
2 follow-up statements
531 
WWUS51 KILN 060252
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1052 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

OHC141-060301-
/O.CAN.KILN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100406T0330Z/
ROSS OH-
1052 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ROSS COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED SOUTH OF ROSS COUNTY. 

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

LAT...LON 3881 8264 3879 8267 3907 8314 3917 8306
      3913 8278 3895 8280 3894 8276 3886 8276
      3885 8265 3884 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 297DEG 30KT 3909 8303

$$

OHC131-145-060330-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100406T0330Z/
PIKE OH-SCIOTO OH-
1052 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SCIOTO AND EASTERN PIKE COUNTIES...

AT 1043 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED 1.25 INCH HAIL 5 MILES WEST OF 
WAVERLY. RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. AT 1051 PM...THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LAKE WHITE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAVERLY AND PIKETON.

IN ADDITION...GIVENS...LINN...BEAVER...STOCKDALE AND STATE ROUTE 335
AT STATE ROUTE 776 ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS!

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 3881 8264 3879 8267 3907 8314 3917 8306
      3913 8278 3895 8280 3894 8276 3886 8276
      3885 8265 3884 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 297DEG 30KT 3909 8303

$$
241 
WWUS51 KILN 060314
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1114 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

OHC131-145-060324-
/O.CAN.KILN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100406T0330Z/
PIKE OH-SCIOTO OH-
1114 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCIOTO AND
EASTERN PIKE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3881 8264 3879 8267 3907 8314 3917 8306
      3913 8278 3895 8280 3894 8276 3886 8276
      3885 8265 3884 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 297DEG 30KT 3900 8281

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Highland, Ross40 min
Apr 5, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Madison, Pickaway36 min
Apr 5, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery47 min
Apr 5, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Union51 min
Apr 5, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Madison39 min
Apr 5, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Franklin, Licking51 min
Apr 5, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Warren38 min
Apr 5, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Franklin, Licking40 min
Apr 5, 9:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFranklin3 hr
Apr 5, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Highland, Pike, Ross52 min
Apr 5, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Clinton, Greene, Warren37 min
Apr 5, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette45 min
Apr 5, 11:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway, Ross33 min

Nearby

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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.