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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 18, 2012Hocking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Mar 18, 2012, 8:39 PM EDT for Hocking County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 18, 2012, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 18, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH

County Hocking County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2012-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 967 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 2012-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
967 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.1

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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 Mar 18, 7:52 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 7:52 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
752 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
SOUTHERLY FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW AN
UNSEASONABLY WARM AIRMASS TO PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.
DISTURBANCES IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE INTERACTING WITH AN UNSTABLE
AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND POSSIBLY ON
MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH WILL MOVE IN LATE MONDAY
WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN A MARGINALLY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A VORT MAX MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN
OHIO. A 500 MB WIND SPEED MAX WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM FORMATION
AND STRENGTH. IN ADDITION...WBZ AROUND 9 KFT FAVORS LARGE HAIL. AS
THUNDERSTORMS EXPAND IN COVERAGE...SOME CELLS MAY BECOME SEVERE
AND SPC HAS PLACED THE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
ACTIVITY SHOULD FALL APART QUICKLY THIS EVENING AS DAYTIME HEATING
WANES AND FORCING SHIFTS EASTWARD. LOWS TONIGHT WILL REMAIN WELL
ABOVE NORMAL IN THE UPPER 50S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THOUGH CONDITIONS WILL BE LESS FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM
FORMATION ON MONDAY WITH AN UPPER RIDGE STARTING TO BUILD
IN...ANOTHER WEAK MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE MAY HELP A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THE LINGERING
UNSTABLE AIRMASS. ANY ACTIVITY WILL END MONDAY EVENING AS THE
DISTURBANCE MOVES NORTHEAST AND DAYTIME HEATING LESSENS.

AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVERHEAD AND SURFACE PRESSURE PATTERN
BECOMES ANTICYCLONIC ON MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT...CONVECTION WILL BE ABSENT...SKIES WILL BE MAINLY
CLEAR...AND TEMPERATURES WILL STAY UNSEASONABLY WARM. HIGHS AROUND
80 EACH DAY WILL BE CLOSE TO OR ABOVE DAILY RECORD HIGHS.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
HIGHLY AMPLIFIED MID/UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN WITH A LARGE SPRAWLING
RIDGE CONTINUING  TO INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
LONG TERM PERIOD. PREFER SLOWER ECMWF SOLN GIVEN HIGH DEGREE OF
AMPLIFICATION. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPS
AND DRY WEATHER WEATHER THRU MID WEEK.

HAVE MAINTAINED A DRY FCST FOR WED AND THURSDAY. EXPECT HIGHS TO
RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S NORTH TO 80 SOUTH ON BOTH WED AND THU.
AGAIN RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN JEOPARDY. RECORD HIGHS
FOR WED ARE 82 AT CVG, 78 AT DAY AND 77 AT CMH. THE RECORDS FOR
THURSDAY ARE  WARMER WITH...85 CVG, 84 AT DAY AND 82 AT CMH.

NUMERICAL MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND SLOWER BUT ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT
TIME WITH CONSISTENCY REGARDING EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF UPPER LOW
OVER THE NATIONS MID SECTION. WILL INTRODUCE LOW POPS INTO THE SW
EARLY FRIDAY AND THEN SPREAD CHC POPS NE ACRS THE FA DURG THE DAY.

WL BUMP POPS UP TO HIGH CHC EARLY SATURDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF SFC
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. UNDER CONTD INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW...WL
CONTINUE LOW POPS THRU SAT AND THEN DIMINISH TO SLIGHT CHC ON SUNDAY
AS THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO SHIFT SE.

HIGH TEMPS WILL COOL BUT REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...WITH FCST HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 60S/70S ON FRIDAY AND LOWER AND MID 60S SATURDAY AND THEN
UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
DISTURBANCE ROTATING THROUGH NE OHIO COMBINED WITH AN AREA OF
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE INTO CENTRAL OHIO HAS PRODUCED THUNDERSTORMS
THERE. WILL CONTINUE WITH TSRA AND HEAVY RAIN WITH IFR VSBYS AT
KCMH AND KLCK FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AS INSTABILITY
DECREASES AND VORT MAX MOVES FARTHER AWAY...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THIS EVENING.

FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...JUST SOME MID AND HIGH LVL CLOUDS
EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. GIVEN HIGH DEWPOINTS AND RECENT
RAINFALL...WOULD EXPECTED SOME MVFR AND LOCALLY IFR VSBYS. HAVE
PLACED IFR VSBYS AT KLUK...AND KCMH...KLCK WHICH HAD SOME HEAVY
RAIN.

ON MONDAY...A MID LVL RIDGE WILL TRY TO BUILD NORTH INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY. AIRMASS WILL DESTABILIZE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A FEW POP
UP SHOWERS/STORMS POSSIBLE. COVERAGE SHOULD BE WIDELY SCATTERED
SO HAVE NOT MENTIONED ANYTHING IN THE TAFS ATTM.

OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO
NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO
SHORT TERM...CONIGLIO
LONG TERM...AR
AVIATION...HATZOS/HICKMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 5:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
514 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

KYZ097>100-OHZ026-044>046-052>056-062>065-072>074-079>082-088-192115-
BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-
CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-
SCIOTO-
514 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>096-OHZ034-035-042-043-051-060-
061-070-071-077-078-192115-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-MIAMI-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-
BUTLER-WARREN-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-
514 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE CHANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 18, 8:18 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 8:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Licking47 min
Mar 18, 8:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield, Franklin114 min
Mar 18, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPickaway33 min
Mar 18, 8:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Pickaway40 min
Mar 18, 9:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHocking47 min
Mar 18, 10:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMontgomery36 min
Mar 18, 11:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreene54 min
Mar 19, 12:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton, Warren64 min
Mar 19, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion35 min
Mar 19, 3:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNHocking2 hr
Mar 19, 3:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHocking116 min
Mar 19, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHocking61 min

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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.