Alert archive / Ohio / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2012, 3:08 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio; Fayette County, Franklin County, Union County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 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 8, 2012, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
Counties Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Union County, IN, Darke County, OH, Logan County, OH, Miami County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 460 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
854
WWUS81 KILN 080708
SPSILN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
308 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012
INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-035-042>045-051>053-060-061-070-080800-
UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-FAYETTE IN-WAYNE IN-AUGLAIZE OH-BUTLER OH-
CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-DARKE OH-HARDIN OH-LOGAN OH-MIAMI OH-
MONTGOMERY OH-PREBLE OH-SHELBY OH-UNION OH-
308 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012
...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT
THE WHITE WATER AND MIAMI VALLEYS AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH
4 AM...
AT 302 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
FRYBURG TO 8 MILES WEST OF BUENA VISTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS WITH RAINFALL RATES UP
TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN AN HOUR. WATER WILL POND ON ROADS
AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...RICHMOND...NEW
MADISON...ANNA...NEW PARIS...BRADFORD...JACKSON CENTER...ARCANUM...
LAKEVIEW...SIDNEY...COVINGTON...LIBERTY AND RUSSELLS POINT.
ALSO...ST. JOHNS...COLUMBIA...WAYNE LAKES...ANDERSONVILLE...
PHILOMATH...HOUSTON...NULLTOWN AND BLOOMER ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
LINE OF SHOWERS.
LAT...LON 4056 8414 4055 8341 4051 8341 4051 8337
3937 8478 3937 8530 3960 8531
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Franklin, Licking | 115 min |
| May 7, 9:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Owen | 2 hr |
| May 8, 12:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Grant, Owen | 4 hr |
| May 8, 12:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Grant, Owen | 4 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2012Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 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.