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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 11, 2011Hardin County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2011, 4:55 AM EDT for Hardin County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2011, 4:55 AM EDT (08:55 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2011, 5:30 AM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

County Hardin County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1068 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -186 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 11, 3:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 3:10 AM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 3:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 11, 4:03 AM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 4:09 AM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 4:17 AM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 4:26 AM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 4:38 AM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 4:55 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 9:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette, Pickaway, Ross	25 min
May 10, 9:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Pickaway, Ross	50 min
May 10, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	36 min
May 10, 10:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Highland, Pike, Ross	51 min
May 10, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Madison	25 min
May 10, 10:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Fayette, Pickaway, Ross	3 hr
May 10, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto	45 min
May 10, 11:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Madison	40 min
May 10, 11:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Pike, Ross	5 hr
May 10, 11:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	41 min
May 10, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Highland, Ross	47 min
May 10, 11:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Madison	36 min
May 11, 12:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Pike, Scioto	3 hr
May 11, 12:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	46 min
May 11, 12:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Fayette, Madison	49 min
May 11, 12:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan	28 min
May 11, 12:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	53 min
May 11, 1:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin	40 min
May 11, 1:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Madison, Ross	46 min
May 11, 1:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Greene, Logan, Madison	41 min
May 11, 1:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Fayette, Madison, Ross	4 hr
May 11, 1:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	23 min
May 11, 1:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Fayette, Greene, Madison	47 min
May 11, 1:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	31 min
May 11, 2:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Miami, Shelby	43 min
May 11, 2:25 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	39 hr
May 11, 2:25 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Ross	6 hr
May 11, 2:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland	46 min
May 11, 2:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Greene	46 min
May 11, 3:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Logan	3 hr
May 11, 3:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Logan	49 min
May 11, 3:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Pike, Ross	6 hr
May 11, 3:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Scioto	3 hr
May 11, 4:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hardin	27 min
May 11, 4:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin	3 hr
May 11, 5:02 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hardin	101 min
May 11, 5:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Fayette, Madison	9 hr
May 11, 5:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Logan	4 hr
May 11, 9:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Logan	4 hr
May 11, 9:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Pike, Ross	4 hr
May 11, 1:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Logan	4 hr
May 11, 1:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Ross	4 hr
May 10, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greenup	17 min
May 10, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greenup	21 min
May 11, 2:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Lewis	27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.