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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 17, 2013, 6:28 PM EST for 12 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 62 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
- Nov 17, 2013, 6:28 PM EST (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2013, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Madison County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Ross County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 11:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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 Nov 17, 2:53 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 2:53 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
253 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK INTO THE GREAT LAKES
TONIGHT SENDING A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN
MONDAY...OFFERING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH MID
WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW IS CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WAS MOVING ACROSS ABOUT THE SOUTHEAST HALF
OF OUR FA. SO FAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE REMAINED BELOW FFG BUT
WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AREA FOR SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING ISSUES BEFORE THE SHOWERS COME TO AN END LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.
OTHERWISE...DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN BY
EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS IS BEING DRIVEN BY STRONG SHORT WAVE
ENERGY/JET DYNAMICS ALOFT WITH A 100+ KNOT 500 MB JET ROTATING
THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH THIS EVENING. VERY IMPRESSIVE LOW
LEVEL SHEAR FIELDS WITH 0-1 KM SHEAR IN THE 40 TO 50 KNOT RANGE
WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LATEST
MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT WE SHOULD DESTABILIZE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO ADVECT UP INTO OUR
REGION. INSTABILITY COULD BE FURTHER AIDED BY THE POTENTIAL OF
SOME PARTIAL CLEARING AS CURRENTLY NOTED ACROSS PARTS OF OUR
NORTHWEST FA. AT ANY RATE...IT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE SB CAPES IN
EXCESS OF 500 J/KG WILL WORK INTO OUR WESTERN AREAS THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON. IF THIS OCCURS...SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT/ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE GIVEN THE LOW AND MID LEVEL SHEAR
VALUES. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS APPEARS TO BE DURING THE MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS OUR WESTERN AREAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST
OF THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR.
AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES...A MORE ORGANIZED LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP/PUSH INTO OUR WESTERN AREAS
TOWARD 6 PM. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE AND
AGAIN GIVEN THE DEGREE OF SHEAR...BRIEF TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL PUSH QUICKLY EAST ACROSS OUR
AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
WILL CONTINUE WITH WIND ADVISORY AS WE WILL LIKELY APPROACH WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH THE GRADIENT WINDS...PARTICULARLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
PRECIPITATION WILL END JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE. THE LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 40S AS COOLER AIR MOVES
IN BEHIND THE FRONT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FA THROUGH THE
SHORT TERM TIME PERIOD. COOLER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE
AREA THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY AND THEREFORE NOT EXPECTING
TEMPERATURES TO RISE MUCH DURING THE DAY. WENT SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN
GUIDANCE WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 40S TO THE
LOW 50S. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS
MONDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE
20S TO LOW 30S. WENT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES ON
TUESDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL
RETURN TO THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY ALLOWING FOR SLIGHTLY WARMER
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP BEHIND THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING
INCREASED MOISTURE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY REGION ON THURSDAY AHEAD
OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. START TO BRING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS INTO WEST
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND INCREASE POPS ACROSS FA FRIDAY. ANOTHER
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH
HIGHER POPS. PRECIPITATION ENDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME
INDICATION OF PRECIPITATION IN THE NW FLOW ON SUNDAY BUT WITH
DIFFERENCES IN MODELS WILL KEEP SUNDAY DRY AT THIS TIME.
HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 40S AND 50S MIDWEEK AND COOL DOWN TO THE 30S
BY SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SHOWERS ARE CONTINUING TO LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS PRIMARILY SOUTHEAST
PORTIONS OF OUR FA. THESE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO BRUSH THE
TERMINALS ALONG THE I-71 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF
THE TAF PERIOD. OTHERWISE...A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
LEFT UP ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING...HELPING TO PUSH A
STRONG COLD FRONT EAST ACROSS OUR AREA. AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT...THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE BEST
CHANCE FOR THIS LOOKS TO BE PRIMARILY NORTHWEST OF THE TAF SITES
SO WILL LEAVE MENTION OF THIS OUT AT THIS POINT. A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.
THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL PUSH QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE TAF SITES IN
THE 23-02Z TIME FRAME. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. DRIER AIR WILL QUICKLY MOVE IN
BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SKIES AT LEAST PARTIALLY CLEARING THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.
&&
.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR OHZ026-034-035-
042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.
KY...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR INZ050-058-059-
066-073>075-080.
&&
SYNOPSIS...PARKER
NEAR TERM...JGL
SHORT TERM...NOVAK
LONG TERM...PARKER
AVIATION...JGLHazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 6:51 AM EST, 11 hours 37 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 17, 5:47 PM EST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
547 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0533 PM TSTM WND DMG NEW BREMEN 40.44N 84.38W
11/17/2013 AUGLAIZE OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
&&
JDRLocal storm report, Nov 17, 6:00 PM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
600 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM TSTM WND GST KVES VERSAILLES APT 40.20N 84.53W
11/17/2013 M62 MPH DARKE OH AWOS
&&
KURZLocal storm report, Nov 17, 6:02 PM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
602 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0555 PM TSTM WND GST KVES VERSAILLES APT 40.20N 84.53W
11/17/2013 M62 MPH DARKE OH AWOS
&&
SNYDERLocal storm report, Nov 17, 6:08 PM EST, 20 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Nov 17, 6:13 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
613 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0606 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW SPRINGFIELD 39.91N 83.83W
11/17/2013 CLARK OH AMATEUR RADIO
LARGE HEALTHY TREE DOWN ALONG PARKRIDGE ROAD IN PARKRIDGE
ESTATES.
&&
JDRLocal storm report, Nov 17, 6:14 PM EST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
614 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0557 PM TSTM WND DMG ESE OXFORD 39.51N 84.75W
11/17/2013 BUTLER OH TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE DOWN ON SOUTH COLLEGE AVE.
&&
KURZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 10:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont | 5 hr |
| Nov 17, 1:58 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Pike, Scioto | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 4:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby | 57 min |
| Nov 17, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 48 min |
| Nov 17, 5:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and 1 more | 63 min |
| Nov 17, 5:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby | 21 min |
| Nov 17, 5:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Miami and 2 more | 54 min |
| Nov 17, 5:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami and 3 more | 36 min |
| Nov 17, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 47 min |
| Nov 17, 6:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Hardin | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 6:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 24 min |
| Nov 17, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 6:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Hamilton | 83 min |
| Nov 17, 6:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Hardin, Licking, Logan and 2 more | 65 min |
| Nov 17, 6:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and 2 more | 64 min |
| Nov 17, 6:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Highland | 27 min |
| Nov 17, 6:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 7:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 5:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more | 42 min |
| Nov 17, 4:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ripley | 32 min |
| Nov 17, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 5:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.