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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 13, 2013, 3:04 AM EST for Auglaize County, Darke County, Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2013, 3:04 AM EST (08:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2013, 3:30 AM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 13, 12:43 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 12:43 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1134 AM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 INZ050-058-059-066-073-OHZ026-034-035-042>044-051-060-131645- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE- DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-MIAMI-PREBLE- 1134 AM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. INZ074-075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ045-046-052>056-061>065-070>074-077>082- 088-131645- DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL- OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-UNION OH-DELAWARE- CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-MONTGOMERY-GREENE- FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING- HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 1134 AM EST SAT JAN 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF POSSIBLE. WITH MOIST SOILS...MUCH OF THE RAIN WILL RUNOFF...WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME FLOODING ALONG AREA CREEKS... STREAMS AND RIVERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 10:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Mercer | 4 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Mercer | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:42 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 51 min |
| Jan 13, 2:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 48 min |
| Jan 13, 3:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 28 min |
| Jan 13, 3:18 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Hardin, Logan | 3 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 46 min |
| Jan 13, 4:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Jan 13, 6:54 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Mercer | 111 min |
| Jan 13, 3:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll | 49 min |
| Jan 13, 1:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Wayne | 3 hr |
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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.