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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Wilmington, OH

September 2, 2013Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2013, 5:12 PM EDT for Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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
Sep 2, 2013, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2013, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 321 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1628 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 Sep 2, 3:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 3:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 4:39 AM EDT, 12 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
439 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-030900-
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-
439 AM EDT MON SEP 2 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...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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, Sep 2, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 2, 3:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 2, 3:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
356 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

OHZ082-022030-
PIKE OH-
356 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY THROUGH
430 PM EDT...

AT 351 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BUCHANAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 45 MPH...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...WAVERLY AND PIKETON.

ALSO...LAKE WHITE...PIKE COUNTY AIRPORT...OMEGA...GIVENS...LINN AND
BEAVER ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3900 8280 3910 8320 3919 8313 3916 8278

ASL
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 5:03 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
503 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

OHZ088-022130-
SCIOTO OH-
503 PM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN SCIOTO COUNTY
THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

AT 500 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNT
JOY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 45 MPH...
PENNY SIZE HAIL...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...LUCASVILLE.

ALSO...OTWAY...MCDERMOTT AND BEAR CREEK ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3889 8325 3896 8318 3891 8290 3879 8307

ASL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield31 min
Sep 2, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss45 min
Sep 2, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHocking26 min
Sep 2, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss40 min
Sep 2, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHocking47 min
Sep 2, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike34 min
Sep 2, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNScioto27 min
Sep 2, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Scioto48 min
Sep 2, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNScioto62 min
Sep 2, 7:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAdams, Scioto3 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.