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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 26, 2012Pike County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT for Pike County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 26, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

County Pike County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1791 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.4

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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 26, 7:43 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 7:43 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 6:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 6:55 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:16 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:17 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:35 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
735 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

INZ073>075-080-KYZ089-270000-
SWITZERLAND IN-OHIO IN-DEARBORN IN-RIPLEY IN-CARROLL KY-
735 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CARROLL...SOUTHERN RIPLEY...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN DEARBORN...OHIO AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH
800 PM EDT...

AT 728 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LOCUST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...VEVAY.

ALSO...BRAYTOWN...MOOREFIELD...REXVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...
AVONBURG...JACKSONVILLE...CROSS PLAINS AND BENHAM ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3900 8544 3897 8488 3860 8520 3863 8524
      3873 8534 3874 8534 3875 8530 3874 8526
      3870 8521 3891 8521 3891 8544 3893 8545

Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
745 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSW ELM GROVE         39.01N 83.18W
07/26/2012                   PIKE               OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN NEAR ROUTE 772

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N WAVERLY             39.14N 82.98W
07/26/2012                   PIKE               OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ALONG PRUSSIA ROAD

&&

JDR

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
745 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

OHZ082-270015-
PIKE OH-
745 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PIKE COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM
EDT...

AT 741 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BUCHANAN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.

IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...WAVERLY AND PIKETON.

ALSO...PIKE COUNTY AIRPORT...OMEGA...GIVENS...LINN...STOCKDALE AND
BEAVER ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3897 8280 3895 8280 3895 8286 3904 8322
      3919 8314 3918 8299 3915 8278

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	41 min
Jul 25, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	32 min
Jul 25, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	34 min
Jul 25, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign	49 min
Jul 25, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby	31 min
Jul 25, 8:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	119 min
Jul 25, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery	32 min
Jul 25, 9:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene	39 min
Jul 26, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	27 min
Jul 26, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	25 min
Jul 26, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Preble	30 min
Jul 26, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan	33 min
Jul 26, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	29 min
Jul 26, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery	34 min
Jul 26, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery	44 min
Jul 26, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Montgomery, Preble	52 min
Jul 26, 3:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Shelby	3 hr
Jul 26, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Union	34 min
Jul 26, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	28 min
Jul 26, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	52 min
Jul 26, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	35 min
Jul 26, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark, Madison	32 min
Jul 26, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union	46 min
Jul 26, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Montgomery	39 min
Jul 26, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont	35 min
Jul 26, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Hamilton	48 min
Jul 26, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Union	43 min
Jul 26, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin, Madison, Pickaway	39 min
Jul 26, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pickaway	31 min
Jul 26, 4:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union	2 hr
Jul 26, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	66 min
Jul 26, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Madison	31 min
Jul 26, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland	46 min
Jul 26, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Madison and 1 more	65 min
Jul 26, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown	28 min
Jul 26, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Pickaway, Pike and 1 more	48 min
Jul 26, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Pike, Scioto	66 min
Jul 26, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking	46 min
Jul 26, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Preble	26 min
Jul 26, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Logan	45 min
Jul 26, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking, Pike, Ross	49 min
Jul 26, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	32 min
Jul 26, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene	41 min
Jul 26, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	64 min
Jul 26, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	44 min
Jul 26, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland	26 min
Jul 26, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, Warren	49 min
Jul 26, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Highland, Pike, Ross	38 min
Jul 26, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike	41 min
Jul 26, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Warren	24 min
Jul 26, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams	33 min
Jul 26, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	24 min
Jul 26, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Kenton	45 min
Jul 26, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant, Owen	52 min
Jul 26, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	49 min
Jul 26, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ohio, Switzerland	25 min

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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.