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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2013, 4:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 10, 2013, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Highland County, OH, Pike County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1493 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
240 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA IN ADVANCE
OF A COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH TONIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE REGION...BRINGING DRIER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SFC COLD FRONT FROM LOWER MICHIGAN INTO NW INDIANA AND CENTRAL IL
WITH FAST MOVING STORMS AHEAD OF FRONT NOW INTO FCST AREA. 2 INCH
PLUS PW VALUES THROUGH MUCH OF REGION...AND DESPITE FAILY
PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF STORMS...VERY EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENT WILL
RESULT IN TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING. VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH MLCAPE OF 2K TO 3K J/KG
ALONG WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR. 0-1KM SHEAR NOT TERRIBLY FAVORABLE
FOR TORNADIC ACTIVITY...THOUGH ISOLATED TOR CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
FROPA FROM NEAR 00-07UTC THROUGH REGION..WITH PARTIAL CLEARING
IN THE NW TOWARD DAYBREAK. OVERNIGHT LOWS STILL IN UPR 60S IN THE
EAST AND SOUTHEAST...WITH LOWER 60S IN THE NW.
&&
.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA IN THE FAR SE NEAR DAYBREAK...WITH HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. THOUGH SOME CU FOR
THURSDAY...PLENTY OF SUN IN STABLE ENVIRONMENT. BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WITH HIGH ON THURS UPR 70S TO LOWER 80S AND OVERNIGHT
LOWS ON THU NIGHT UPR 50S TO NEAR 60.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MAINLY DRY AND TRANQUIL WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HIGH PRESSURE
STRETCHING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY WILL PROVIDE CLEAR
AND DRY CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FOR SUNDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY...AN
UPPER LOW IS FORECAST ON THE GFS AND ECMWF TO TRAVEL SOUTHWARD ALONG
THE EAST COAST. THOUGH THE MAIN EFFECTS OF THIS LOW WILL BE TO THE
EAST...ENOUGH COOLER AIR ALOFT MAY COME INTO PLAY TO BRING ISOLATED
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN BELOW NORMAL. UNDER A NORTHERLY FLOW...HIGHS
ON FRIDAY WILL BE AROUND 80. NEAR NORMAL MID AND UPPER 80S ARE IN
STORE FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD AS THE AIRMASS WARMS UNDER
INSOLATION AND WEAK WARM ADVECTION.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
FA. TSTMS EXPECTED AT TAF SITES THROUGH 23Z-24Z. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AND
CIGS/VSBYS MAY BE BRIEFLY REDUCED TO IFR CONDITIONS IN THE
STRONGER STORMS. AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT...PCPN SHOULD TAPER OFF ACROSS THE AREA WITH
SKIES AT LEAST PARTIALLY CLEARING LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.
OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.
&&
.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR OHZ026-034-
035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR INZ050-058-
059-066-073>075-080.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JDR
NEAR TERM...JDR
SHORT TERM...JDR
LONG TERM...CONIGLIO
AVIATION...PARKERHazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 3:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 314 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-111915- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE- SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON- FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY- FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN- HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 314 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST 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. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 10, 4:04 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 10, 4:16 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
416 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0256 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SSW SIDNEY 40.28N 84.17W
07/10/2013 M86 MPH SHELBY OH MESONET
WEATHERBUG SENSOR AT SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 N CARLISLE 39.66N 84.33W
07/10/2013 MONTGOMERY OH PUBLIC
ONE LARGE TREE DOWN, PULLED POWER LINES DOWN
0329 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE FAIRBORN 39.78N 83.99W
07/10/2013 GREENE OH PUBLIC
TWO LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
&&
SNYDERLocal storm report, Jul 10, 4:19 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
419 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0416 PM TSTM WND GST KCMH PORT COLUMBUS APT 40.00N 82.89W
07/10/2013 M71.00 MPH FRANKLIN OH ASOS
&&
HATZOSLocal storm report, Jul 10, 4:22 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
422 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0333 PM TSTM WND DMG YELLOW SPRINGS 39.80N 83.89W
07/10/2013 GREENE OH BROADCAST MEDIA
SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN
&&
SNYDERLocal storm report, Jul 10, 4:25 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
425 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SSE WILMINGTON 39.42N 83.82W
07/10/2013 M46.00 MPH CLINTON OH OFFICIAL NWS OBS
MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE IN WILMINGTON OHIO.
0408 PM TSTM WND GST KILN WILMINGTON APT 39.43N 83.79W
07/10/2013 M51.00 MPH CLINTON OH ASOS
&&
HATZOSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clinton, Highland, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 8:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hardin | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize | 26 min |
| Jul 9, 8:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Shelby | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Shelby | 17 min |
| Jul 9, 9:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Shelby | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 9:32 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Hocking | 61 hr |
| Jul 9, 10:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 7:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 7:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 35 min |
| Jul 10, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 1:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Preble | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer and 2 more | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Miami and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Shelby | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Hardin, Logan, Madison and 3 more | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Madison, Miami, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 3:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 3:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Clark, Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland, Madison and 2 more | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Greene, Highland, Warren | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 3:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Highland, Hocking, Pickaway, Pike, Ross | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 4:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fairfield, Fayette, Licking, Pickaway | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 14 min |
| Jul 10, 4:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Highland, Pike, Ross, Scioto | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Pike, Scioto | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 5:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Owen | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne | 45 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.