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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 1, 20104 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2010, 5:26 AM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 49 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 1, 2010, 5:26 AM EDT (09:26 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2010, 6:15 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 367 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2010-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1090 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2010-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 340 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1090 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
10.4

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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 1, 5:23 AM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 5:23 AM EDT, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 4:53 PM EDT, 12 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
453 PM EDT FRI APR 30 2010

INZ058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ070>072-077>082-088-012100-
FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-
CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-
ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-
HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
453 PM EDT FRI APR 30 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

SEVERAL ENHANCED PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
OBSERVED THIS WEEKEND. THE FIRST PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT
STALLS OUT TO OUR WEST. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY.

A SECOND ENHANCED PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH
REGION. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD WITH DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING
THE MAIN THREATS.

RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH THE WEEKEND ARE EXPECTED TO TOTAL BETWEEN
2 AND 5 INCHES. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN AXIS
MAY OCCUR IN THE TRI-STATE REGION INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
INDIANA...SOUTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY...BUT THE EXACT
PLACEMENT OF THIS AXIS IS STILL UNCERTAIN. DUE TO THIS
RAINFALL...THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL EXIST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SATURDAY.

INZ050-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-073-074-012100-
WAYNE-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-
MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-
GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING-
453 PM EDT FRI APR 30 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SEVERAL ENHANCED PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
OBSERVED THIS WEEKEND. THE FIRST PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT
STALLS OUT TO OUR WEST. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY.

A SECOND ENHANCED PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH
REGION. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS
TIME PERIOD WITH DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING
THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SATURDAY.

BINAU

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 4:30 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
430 AM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010

INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-010930-
WAYNE IN-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-DEARBORN IN-RIPLEY IN-
430 AM EDT SAT MAY 1 2010

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RIPLEY...
NORTHERN DEARBORN...FRANKLIN...UNION...FAYETTE AND WAYNE COUNTIES
THROUGH 530 AM EDT...

AT 427 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKLIN TO GLENWOOD TO 11 MILES
SOUTH OF HOLTON THAT WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...RICHMOND...OSGOOD...
OLDENBURG...MOORES HILL...MILAN...LIBERTY...HAGERSTOWN...FOUNTAIN
CITY...DUBLIN...CONNERSVILLE...CENTERVILLE AND CAMBRIDGE CITY.

ALSO...RICHMOND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...MIDDLEBORO...BEESONS...
JACKSONBURG...FRANKLIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BETHEL AND ABINGTON ARE NEAR
THE PATH OF THESE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
Special weather statement, May 1, 5:04 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 4:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union41 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.