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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 16, 2013Brown County, Highland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2013, 6:29 PM EDT for Brown County, Highland County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 16, 2013, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brown County, OH, Highland County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2013-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 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 Apr 16, 5:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 5:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
509 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING
BEFORE STALLING OUT NEAR THE OHIO RIVER TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL
LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SAG THROUGH THE FA THIS EVENING.
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ON BOTH SIDES OF
THIS BOUNDARY HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE MORE
LIKELY ALONG AND IN ADVANCE OF THIS BOUNDARY.  WITH DECENT
INSTABILITY IN PLACE SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. EXPECT THE
SEVERE THREAT TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE BEGINNING
TO DECREASE TONIGHT WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. THE SEVERE
THREAT WILL BE LESS ACROSS NW PORTIONS OF THE FA NW OF THE
BOUNDARY HOWEVER SOME MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE FOR A SHORT TIME THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH TONIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING TO STALL OUT NEAR
THE OHIO RIVER.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE NEAR THE OHIO RIVER TO START OUT THE
SHORT TERM TIME FRAME. THIS FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH
THE DAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
NOT EXPECTED AS THIS FEATURE LIFTS NORTHWARD SOME ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COOLER ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA ON WEDNESDAY SINCE IT
WILL TAKE LONGER FOR THE FRONT TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH THOSE AREAS.
WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT EXPECT LOW
TEMPERATURES TO ONLY DROP DOWN INTO THE 60S.

SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY AND WARMER AIR WILL MOVE
INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE INTO THE 80S ACROSS MOST
OF THE FA. ALTHOUGH A FEW ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
THURSDAY EXPECT MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. WIND
GUSTS UPWARDS OF AROUND 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. A
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THURSDAY
NIGHT. AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION.
STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE EXITING TO THE EAST ON FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING FROM EAST TO WEST. HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL PROBABLY OCCUR IN THE MORNING WITH COLDER AIR RUSHING IN ON A
BRISK WESTERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT.

HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY AIR WILL BUILD IN FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST ON TUESDAY
BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

AFTER A MORNING HIGH NEAR 60 ON FRIDAY...HIGHS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE
50S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. A REBOUND BACK INTO THE 60S IS INDICATED
FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS WARM ADVECTION OCCURS IN THE RETURN FLOW
OF HIGH PRESSURE. TO COINCIDE WITH THE START OF OUR FROST/FREEZE
PROGRAM FOR THE ENTIRE ILN AREA...FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
MORNING WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 30S.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHING THROUGH AREA TODAY WILL BE A FOCUS AREA
FOR DEVELOPING CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY WITH SEVERE POTENTIAL
GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL STALL
OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. MVFR CIGS OVER INDIANA MAY WORK INTO
POTENTIALLY THE KDAY SITE AS THE BOUNDARY PUSHES FURTHER ESE. SOME
CLEARING APPARENT ON THE VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY WOULD YIELD
GREATEST INSTABILITY AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL AFFECTING
ESPECIALLY THE KCVG/KLUK/KILN LOCATIONS. MOST LOCATIONS WILL SHRA
AND POSSIBLE TSTM ACTIVITY IN THE 20-24Z TIMEFRAME WITH SLIGHTLY
DIMINISHING CHANCES IN THE 00-02Z PERIOD.

WINDS DIMINISH OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN AREA...WITH AT
LEAST SOME POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS. CONFIDENCE FAIRLY LOW AT THIS
TIME...SO INCLUSION OF SCT MVFR CLOUDS FOR NOW. FOR DAYTIME
WED...POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SHRA ACTIVITY WITH MAIN TSTM
POTENTIAL NEAR/AFTER 18Z.

OUTLOOK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...NOVAK
NEAR TERM...NOVAK
SHORT TERM...NOVAK
LONG TERM...CONIGLIO
AVIATION...JDR
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
400 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

INZ074-075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ045-046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-
088-172000-
DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-
OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-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-
400 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF
OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA INTO
THE EVENING HOURS NEAR A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT THAT WILL STALL
OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

INZ050-058-059-066-073-OHZ026-034-035-042>044-172000-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-
400 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL
OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER APPEARS TO BE LOW
AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 6:09 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
609 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

OHZ079-081-162245-
ADAMS OH-BROWN OH-
609 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BROWN AND NORTHERN ADAMS
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 606 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...WINCHESTER...SEAMAN AND
PEEBLES.

ALSO...EMERALD...CHERRY FORK...MAY HILL...SERPENT MOUND AND LOCUST
GROVE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 3895 8385 3903 8357 3905 8341 3888 8334
      3886 8383
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke24 min
Apr 16, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreene36 min
Apr 16, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene, Montgomery44 min
Apr 16, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke, Miami28 min
Apr 16, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison40 min
Apr 16, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Warren46 min
Apr 16, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton44 min
Apr 16, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Licking47 min
Apr 16, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPickaway27 min
Apr 16, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Warren51 min
Apr 16, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams36 min
Apr 16, 6:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss24 min
Apr 16, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams28 min
Apr 16, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross50 min
Apr 16, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams, Pike, Scioto53 min
Apr 16, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBoone48 min
Apr 16, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCampbell46 min
Apr 16, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Owen, Pendleton42 min

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.