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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2013, 12:21 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 39 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 20, 2013, 12:21 PM EDT (16:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Madison County, OH, Pickaway County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 1768 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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 20, 11:46 AM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 11:46 AM EDT, 35 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1127 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ042>046-051>056-060>065- 070>074-077>082-088-210900- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-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- 1127 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. OHZ026-034-035-210900- HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE- 1127 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 9:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
934 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
OHZ026-035-044-201415-
AUGLAIZE OH-HARDIN OH-LOGAN OH-
934 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN LOGAN...SOUTHERN HARDIN
AND EASTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 AM EDT...
AT 930 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WAYNESFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...RUSSELLS POINT.
ALSO...LAKEVIEW...ROUNDHEAD...JUMBO...HUNTSVILLE...BELLE CENTER...
NORTHWOOD...SILVER CREEK...RUSHSYLVANIA...BIG SPRINGS AND NEW
JERUSALEM 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 4057 8352 4036 8362 4046 8400 4048 8401
4048 8407 4050 8415 4065 8406 4065 8389Local storm report, Jul 20, 10:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1019 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1009 AM TSTM WND GST RUSHSYLVANIA 40.46N 83.67W
07/20/2013 M65 MPH LOGAN OH TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MYRONPSpecial weather statement, Jul 20, 10:39 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1039 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
OHZ034-042-201530-
DARKE OH-MERCER OH-
1039 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MERCER AND NORTHERN
DARKE COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 AM EDT...
AT 1035 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST
OF NORTH DAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...FORT RECOVERY...ANSONIA
AND VERSAILLES.
ALSO...NORTH DAYTON...COSMOS...ROSE HILL...BURKETTSVILLE...NEW
WESTON...ROSSBURG...NORTH STAR...BROCK...DARKE COUNTY AIRPORT AND
OSGOOD 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 4039 8446 4036 8446 4035 8444 4016 8444
4023 8481 4043 8481Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 8:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Hardin | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 10:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Logan, Union | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 10:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 51 min |
| Jul 20, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 11:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami, Montgomery, Shelby | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 12:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Logan, Miami, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Madison | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 1:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Greene | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Preble | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 3:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clinton, Greene, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pike, Ross | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Warren | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 4:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pike, Ross | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Warren | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 4:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 7:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Highland | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 23 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.