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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 13, 2013Auglaize County, Darke County, Mercer County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2013-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 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 2013-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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, Jan 12, 11:34 AM EST, 15 hours 30 minutes before
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.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 10:26 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNMercer4 hr
Jan 13, 1:35 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningILNDarke, Mercer6 hr
Jan 13, 1:42 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Shelby3 hr
Jan 13, 2:09 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNMercer51 min
Jan 13, 2:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Hamilton48 min
Jan 13, 3:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNMercer28 min
Jan 13, 3:18 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNHardin, Logan3 hr
Jan 13, 3:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Hamilton, Warren46 min
Jan 13, 4:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNMiami, Montgomery29 min
Jan 13, 6:54 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNMercer111 min
Jan 13, 3:41 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and 1 more6 hr
Jan 13, 2:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNCarroll49 min
Jan 13, 1:41 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNWayne3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.