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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 31, 2012Clinton County, Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2012, 10:11 PM EDT for Clinton County, Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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 31, 2012, 10:11 PM EDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH

Counties Clinton County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 10 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 2012-06-01Temperature 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°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 2012-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 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.

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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 31, 9:56 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 9:56 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 9:31 AM EDT, 12 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
931 AM EDT THU MAY 31 2012

INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-011345-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-
UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-
PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-
931 AM EDT THU MAY 31 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ070>074-077>082-088-011345-
FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-
KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-
ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
931 AM EDT THU MAY 31 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL
BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT
WILL ALSO EXIST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 7:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
726 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012

INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>091-094-095-OHZ077-010030-
SWITZERLAND IN-OHIO IN-FRANKLIN IN-DEARBORN IN-RIPLEY IN-OWEN KY-
BOONE KY-CARROLL KY-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-HAMILTON OH-
726 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN
HAMILTON...GRANT...GALLATIN...CARROLL...BOONE...OWEN...RIPLEY...
DEARBORN...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN...OHIO AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES
THROUGH 830 PM EDT...

AT 724 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM OTTER VILLAGE TO ENGLISH TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF
MONTEREY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...OSGOOD...VERSAILLES...
VEVAY...MILAN...DILLSBORO...OWENTON...MOORES HILL...WARSAW...RISING
SUN...AURORA...LAWRENCEBURG AND GREENDALE.

ALSO...ENGLISH...BRAYTOWN...LANGSTAFF...BENHAM...MOOREFIELD...
WORTHVILLE...CROSS PLAINS AND OLEAN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. WATER WILL POND
ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

LAT...LON 3919 8545 3945 8486 3914 8472 3907 8462
      3880 8462 3879 8453 3854 8447 3833 8478
      3842 8489 3844 8497 3851 8499 3851 8503
      3856 8501 3859 8509 3858 8522 3874 8532
      3870 8522 3891 8521 3891 8539 3905 8545
Special weather statement, May 31, 8:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 9:18 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 10:11 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
May 31, 8:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHamilton52 min
May 31, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown, Clermont42 min
May 31, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams, Brown, Clermont, Highland43 min
Jun 1, 8:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNWarren88 min
May 31, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Owen39 min
May 31, 8:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Gallatin, Grant, Owen27 min

Nearby

Special 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.