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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

February 23, 20125 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2012, 10:02 PM EST for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 28 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
Feb 23, 2012, 10:02 PM EST (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2012, 10:30 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, OH, Highland County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2012-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 556 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
556 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1028 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

559 
WUUS51 KILN 240302
SVRILN
OHC001-071-131-141-145-240330-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0002.120224T0302Z-120224T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1002 PM EST THU FEB 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  WESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EST.

* AT 1000 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEAMAN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELFAST...
  PEEBLES...
  CYNTHIANA...
  KINCAID SPRINGS...
  PIKE LAKE...
  BAINBRIDGE...
  WAVERLY...
  PIKETON...

IN ADDITION...MAY HILL...LOCUST GROVE...SINKING SPRING...SMOKY
CORNERS...POPLAR GROVE...ELM GROVE...IDAHO AND BUCHANAN ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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 3935 8302 3900 8293 3888 8361 3905 8368
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 247DEG 53KT 3900 8354

$$
ASL
2 follow-up statements
296 
WWUS51 KILN 240311
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1011 PM EST THU FEB 23 2012

OHC001-071-131-141-145-240330-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120224T0330Z/
ADAMS OH-PIKE OH-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-HIGHLAND OH-
1011 PM EST THU FEB 23 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HIGHLAND...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SCIOTO...SOUTHERN
ROSS...WESTERN PIKE AND NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

AT 1007 PM EST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SINKING SPRING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINCAID SPRINGS...PIKE LAKE...BAINBRIDGE...PIKETON AND WAVERLY.

IN ADDITION...POPLAR GROVE...ELM GROVE...IDAHO...BUCHANAN...
SUMMITHILL...KNOCKEMSTIFF AND LAKE WHITE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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 3933 8302 3900 8293 3892 8343 3909 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 247DEG 53KT 3905 8338

$$
ASL
616 
WWUS51 KILN 240326
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1026 PM EST THU FEB 23 2012

OHC001-071-131-141-145-240336-
/O.EXP.KILN.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120224T0330Z/
ADAMS OH-PIKE OH-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-HIGHLAND OH-
1026 PM EST THU FEB 23 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HIGHLAND...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SCIOTO...SOUTHERN ROSS...WESTERN PIKE AND
NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM EST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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

LAT...LON 3933 8302 3900 8293 3892 8343 3909 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 247DEG 53KT 3913 8312

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 9:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown33 min
Feb 23, 9:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike37 min
Feb 24, 4:11 AM ESTWind AdvisoryILNAdams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more13 hr
Feb 24, 12:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland, Pickaway, Warren65 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.