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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 19, 2013Gallatin County, Grant County, Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2013, 4:03 PM EDT for Gallatin County, Grant County, Owen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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 19, 2013, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2013, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Owen County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 2933 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 19, 3:34 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:34 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:57 AM EDT, 11 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
457 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060-062>065-070>074-078>082-088-200900-
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-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-
BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-
PIKE-SCIOTO-
457 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY...BRINGING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS
WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

OHZ061-077-200900-
MONTGOMERY-HAMILTON-
457 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY...BRINGING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS
WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
300 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

OHZ053-062-191930-
CLARK OH-GREENE OH-
300 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENE AND SOUTHERN
CLARK COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 256 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR YELLOW
SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...YELLOW SPRINGS.

ALSO...JOHN BRYAN STATE PARK...HUSTEAD...CLIFTON...SPRINGFIELD
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...PITCHIN AND SELMA ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3992 8372 3978 8366 3976 8399 3983 8400

ASL

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:06 PM EDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:29 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:29 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
329 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

INZ080-KYZ090>092-094>096-192000-
SWITZERLAND IN-KENTON KY-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-BOONE KY-GALLATIN KY-
GRANT KY-
329 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GRANT...EASTERN
GALLATIN...BOONE...WESTERN PENDLETON...EXTREME NORTHERN OWEN...KENTON
AND EASTERN SWITZERLAND COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 327 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EGYPT
BOTTOM...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 45 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...WALTON...INDEPENDENCE
AND CRITTENDEN.

ALSO...STEELE BOTTOM...EAGLE HILL...NAPOLEON...ELLISTON...BIG BONE
LICK...RYLE...MUNK...BEAVERLICK...VERONA AND GARDNERSVILLE 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 3885 8491 3898 8448 3886 8445 3885 8446
      3882 8445 3882 8444 3872 8441 3868 8490

AR

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:44 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
344 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

OHZ074-192030-
HOCKING OH-
344 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HOCKING COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM
EDT...

AT 341 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTH
BLOOMINGVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 45 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...HOCKING HILLS STATE
PARK AND LOGAN.

ALSO...SOUTH BLOOMINGVILLE...GIBISONVILLE...ROCKBRIDGE...ILESBORO...
ENTERPRISE...LAKE LOGAN STATE PARK...STARR...UNION FURNACE...
HAYDENVILLE AND CARBON HILL ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM.

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3946 8217 3947 8227 3940 8229 3938 8271
      3955 8269 3962 8237 3960 8237 3960 8226
      3956 8225 3956 8218 3947 8216

ASL

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:58 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
358 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

KYZ090>092-094-095-192045-
KENTON KY-OWEN KY-BOONE KY-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-
358 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GRANT...EASTERN
GALLATIN...SOUTHERN BOONE...NORTHERN OWEN AND KENTON COUNTIES THROUGH
445 PM EDT...

AT 354 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
NAPOLEON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 45 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...DRY RIDGE...WALTON AND
CRITTENDEN.

ALSO...ELLISTON...RYLE...MUNK...VERONA...SHERMAN AND BRACHT ARE NEAR
THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3865 8491 3877 8488 3879 8484 3878 8482
      3880 8481 3891 8456 3864 8456

ASL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	50 min
Jul 19, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	32 min
Jul 19, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	32 min
Jul 19, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont	34 min
Jul 19, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	32 min
Jul 19, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark	30 min
Jul 19, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Madison	24 min
Jul 19, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin, Madison	49 min
Jul 19, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Licking	49 min
Jul 19, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont	46 min
Jul 19, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	46 min
Jul 19, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler	45 min
Jul 19, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Warren	47 min
Jul 19, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton, Warren	29 min
Jul 19, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike	32 min
Jul 19, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams, Scioto	63 min
Jul 19, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	47 min
Jul 19, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	30 min
Jul 19, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Gallatin, Grant	47 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.