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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Apr 2, 2012, 12:36 AM EDT for Adams County, Brown County, Ohio; 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 2, 2012, 12:36 AM EDT (04:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2012, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
Counties Bracken County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:38 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 663 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Apr 1, 8:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 8:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 839 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH AND MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD INTO THE REGION FOR MONDAY. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT ALLOWING FOR A RETURN OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN ITSELF OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT PUSHING DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN OHIO. THE 00Z ILN SOUNDING WAS STILL SHOWING ABOUT 1000 J/KG OF MUCAPE SO DO NO WANT TO COMPLETELY WRITE THINGS OFF. WITH SOME LOW LEVEL FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT...SUPPOSE WE COULD STILL SEE SOME DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...GIVEN CURRENT TRENDS WILL TRIM BACK POPS TO JUST A LOW CHANCE. GOOD CAA WILL PUSH DOWN FROM THE NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONT LATER TONIGHT SO WILL TWEAK DOWN TEMPS A TAD...PRIMARILY ACROSS NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF OUR FA. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS CAN THEN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S TO AROUND 70. HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW FOR DRY CONDITIONS ON MONDAY. MODELS ARE IN DISAGREEMENT FOR THE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. WENT CLOSER TO THE ECMWF SOLUTION DURING THIS TIME. THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE TUESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME WHEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FA. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 70S TO AROUND 80 FOR TUESDAY IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL BE LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN ZONES BEFORE COMPLETELY PUSHING SOUTH. OTHERWISE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL RIDGE INTO THE AREA. AN UPPER LOW WILL SLIDE SOUTH OF THE REGION THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MODEL DISCREPANCIES REGARDING HOW CLOSE THIS WILL COME TO THE FORECAST AREA WHICH SEEM TO HINGE ON THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER TROUGH OVER MARITIME CANADA. SO AT THIS POINT WILL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES. EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS AREA WIDE ON SATURDAY. THEN A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP CLOSE TO NORMAL EARLY IN THE PERIOD AND THEN GRADUALLY WARM AGAIN. && .AVIATION /01Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MANAGED TO OVERCOME THE CIN ACROSS THE AREA. INSTABILITY REMAINS WEAK THOUGH WITH MLCAPES OF ONLY 200 J/KG OR SO. ELEVATED INSTABILITIES ARE A LITTLE BETTER WITH MUCAPES OF 500-1000 J/KG. SUPPOSE IF WE COULD TAP INTO THIS...WE COULD GET SOME BETTER COVERAGE...BUT THAT IS SEEMING MORE AND MORE UNLIKELY. RIGHT NOW...THE STRONGER STORMS ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME MAINTAINING THEMSELVES. AS BOUNDARY PUSHES SOUTH THROUGH EARLY MORNING...THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...GIVEN CURRENT DEVELOPMENT...WILL DOWNPLAY THUNDER IN THE TAFS. AS WE GET INTO SOME CAA ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE FRONT...CIGS MAY LOWER TO MVFR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. ANY LOWER CLOUDS SHOULD THEN LIFT THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. OUTLOOK...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NOVAK NEAR TERM...JGL SHORT TERM...NOVAK LONG TERM... AVIATION...JGL
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 8:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 807 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-030015- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE- SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON- FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY- FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN- HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 807 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. A FEW IF THE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. .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
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Preble | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 41 min |
| Apr 1, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 64 min |
| Apr 1, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 41 min |
| Apr 1, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 40 min |
| Apr 1, 11:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 11:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 47 min |
| Apr 2, 1:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 28 min |
| Apr 1, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Wayne | 27 min |
| Apr 1, 10:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette, Union | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 10:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 31 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2012Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.