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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 1, 2012Gallatin County, Kentucky; Switzerland County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 5:55 AM EDT for Gallatin County, Kentucky; Switzerland County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2012, 5:55 AM EDT (09:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH

Counties Switzerland County, IN, Gallatin County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1590 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 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
1590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 Jul 1, 4:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 4:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 5:21 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
521 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ042-051>055-060-062>064-
070>073-078>082-088-020930-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-DARKE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-PREBLE-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-BUTLER-WARREN-
CLINTON-ROSS-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
521 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL
BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

HEAT INDICES WILL PUSH INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON.

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

HEAT INDICES WILL REMAIN AROUND 100 THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

OHZ026-034-035-043>046-056-065-074-020930-
HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-LICKING-
FAIRFIELD-HOCKING-
521 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL
BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

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

HEAT INDICES WILL REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S THROUGH MUCH OF
THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

OHZ061-077-020930-
MONTGOMERY-HAMILTON-
521 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND
SOUTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL
BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY
REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

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

HEAT INDICES WILL REMAIN AROUND 100 THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 3:24 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningILNHamilton, Montgomery29 hr
Jul 1, 3:24 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryILNAdams, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 18 more29 hr
Jul 1, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Mercer46 min
Jul 1, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette60 min
Jul 1, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Shelby41 min
Jul 1, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami, Shelby52 min
Jul 1, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby2 hr
Jul 1, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Logan, Miami, Shelby38 min
Jul 1, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble37 min
Jul 1, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette60 min
Jul 1, 5:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize, Miami, Shelby115 min
Jul 1, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Greene, Madison46 min
Jul 1, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Pickaway, Ross52 min
Jul 1, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway46 min
Jul 1, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Montgomery, Warren45 min
Jul 1, 5:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Clark, Miami2 hr
Jul 1, 6:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Clark, Fayette, Greene, Madison106 min
Jul 1, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Ross46 min
Jul 1, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMontgomery42 min
Jul 1, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking, Pickaway, Ross54 min
Jul 1, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown, Clermont, Highland34 min
Jul 1, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway49 min
Jul 1, 6:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler53 min
Jul 1, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren30 min
Jul 1, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking, Licking46 min
Jul 1, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clinton, Highland, Warren42 min
Jul 1, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking, Pickaway, Pike, Ross25 min
Jul 1, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown, Clermont, Highland44 min
Jul 1, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Highland, Pike, Scioto40 min
Jul 1, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown, Scioto38 min
Jul 1, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Owen58 min
Jul 1, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone37 min
Jul 1, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Owen44 min
Jul 1, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCampbell53 min
Jul 1, 7:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNOhio, Ripley, Switzerland42 min
Jul 1, 7:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNOhio, Ripley, Switzerland46 min
Jul 1, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNOhio, Switzerland57 min
Jul 1, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland40 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.