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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2013, 4:17 PM EDT for Clermont County, Hamilton County, Ohio; Boone County, Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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, 4:17 PM EDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2013, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Boone County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 20, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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, 4:07 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 4:07 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 407 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER TONIGHT. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ON SUNDAY MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE STALLED BOUNDARY. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING THE LIKELIHOOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS AREA-WIDE ON MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY POSITIONED JUST NORTH OF THE AREA...PRE FRONTAL CONVECTION IS ONGOING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 425 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA. SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN LIMITED SO FAR BUT WE MAY SEE FURTHER INTENSIFICATION OF CELLS AS THEY ENCOUNTER CAPES OVER 3000 J/KG IN SOUTHERN COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES IN. CONVECTION WILL MOVE FARTHER SOUTH LATER TONIGHT AND WILL WEAKEN WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AS THE FRONT CROSSES THE OHIO RIVER. LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... STALLED BOUNDARY OVER KENTUCKY WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN COUNTIES ON SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES SHOULD CURTAIL CONVECTION IN NORTHERN LOCATIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT...THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AS A RATHER VIGOROUS WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES TOWARD THE REGION. LOWS WILL AGAIN BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 60S. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE IN WESTERLY MID LEVEL FLO TO INDUCE A SFC WAVE WHICH TRACKS NE THRU THE GREAT LAKES LATER MONDAY/TUESDAY WITH WARM FRONT MOVING NORTHWARD THRU THE THE REGION. WILL RAMP POPS UP TO LKLY MONDAY AND THEN GO WITH CHANCE POPS IN THE WARM SECTOR ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL MONDAY AND THEN CLOSE TO NORMAL TUESDAY. MAIN SFC WAVE LOOKS TO TRACK THRU THE OHIO VALLEY WED. WILL SHOW ANOTHER ENHANCED CHANCE OF THUNDER. DUE TO PRECIPITATION AND PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EXPECT WEDNESDAYS TEMPERATURES TO BE A LTL BELOW NORMAL. MID/UPR LEVEL RIDGE TO BUILD OVER THE WESTERN US WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE SLIDING SE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS HIGH WILL PROVIDE DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS THRU THE END OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY LOOK TO BE A AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 70S NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER 80S SE. READINGS CLOSER TO NORMAL EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE LOWER 80S NORTHWEST TO THE MID 80S SOUTHEAST. SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT TO PROVIDE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDER LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION IS BEING DRIVEN BY PREVIOUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM UPSTREAM CONVECTION AND SOME PREFRONTAL CONVERGENCE. A COLD FRONT WAS LAGGING WELL BEHIND THIS PRECIPITATION AND WILL SLOWLY SEEP SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE THAT A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS MAY FIRE ALONG THE FRONT ITSELF...BUT THIS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE NORTHERN TAF SITES BEFORE THEY DISSIPATE THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. SOME IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE FRONT BECOMING PARALLEL TO THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW...FRONT SHOULD STALL OUR NEAR OR SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER BY SUNDAY MORNING. SOME PARTIAL CLEARING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND THIS MAY LEAD TO SOME MVFR TO LOCAL IFR FOG. TOUGH AT THIS POINT TO GET TOO SPECIFIC. ON SUNDAY...STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO MOVE BACK TO THE NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT LATE IN THE DAY IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DIGGING TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. MIST/FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE BY MID TO LATE MORNING...RESULTING IN SOME SCT-BKN CUMULUS CLOUDS. THERE COULD BE A LATE DAY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE KCVG/KLCK TAF SITES AS WARM FRONT ADVANCES...BUT THIS IS FAR OUT ENOUGH TO LEAVE OUT FOR NOW. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO SHORT TERM...CONIGLIO LONG TERM...AR AVIATION...HICKMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 11:27 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
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.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 403 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 OHZ061-062-070-071-202030- BUTLER OH-GREENE OH-MONTGOMERY OH-WARREN OH- 403 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WARREN...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 400 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR POAST TOWN HEIGHTS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 45 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... VERY HEAVY RAIN... SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...FRANKLIN... MIAMISBURG...SPRINGBORO AND WAYNESVILLE. ALSO...PEKIN...CENTERVILLE...GENNTOWN...LYTLE...BELLBROOK...CAESAR CREEK STATE PARK...OREGONIA...MOUNT HOLLY...ROXANNA AND SPRING VALLEY 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. 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 3963 8400 3939 8401 3949 8447 3967 8444 AR
Local storm report, Jul 20, 4:04 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
404 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 N WILMINGTON 39.47N 83.83W
07/20/2013 M2.05 INCH CLINTON OH NWS EMPLOYEE
FELL IN 1.5 HRS ENDING AT 4 PM.
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KURZThe 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, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 39 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, 4:28 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.