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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 13, 2013Clermont County, Hamilton County, Ohio; Boone County, Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky; Dearborn County, Ohio County, Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2013, 8:25 AM EDT for Clermont County, Hamilton County, Ohio; Boone County, Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky; Dearborn County, Ohio County, Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 13, 2013, 8:25 AM EDT (12:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2013, 9:30 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dearborn County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Boone County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2013-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 828 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 2013-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 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
828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.0

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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 Jun 13, 6:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
644 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL WORK INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND REMAIN NEAR THE
AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL RETURN TO THE
REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY AS MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES
WORK THROUGH THE AREA.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THREAT HAS DISSIPATED ACROSS THE AREA HEAVY
RAIN WILL STILL OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. A
COLD FRONT WILL WORK THROUGH THE FA THIS MORNING AND PRECIPITATION
WILL TAPER OFF BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF
25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FA TODAY. WITH
THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY NOT EXPECTING
TEMPERATURES TO RISE MUCH WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE
MIDDLE 70S TO AROUND 80.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL WORK INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND REMAIN ACROSS
THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR DRY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FA THROUGH THIS TIME. A WEAK DISTURBANCE
WILL WORK THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

WITH COOL NORTHERLY FLOW TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL BE BELOW
NORMAL WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSER TO NORMAL ON SATURDAY WITH SOUTHERLY
FLOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MID AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL FLATTEN TO A ZONAL PATTERN SUNDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER TROUGH AND WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL CANADA DIGS SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES. DISTURBANCES
EMBEDDED IN THIS ZONAL FLOW WILL BRING PERIODIC CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR REGION SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
NIGHT. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL BE
MILD...WITH CLOUD COVER AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S EXPECTED TO BE
PRESENT.

BY MONDAY MODELS ARE INDICATING THE TROUGH AND SURFACE LOW OVER THE
GREAT LAKES WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD...WHICH WILL HELP TO DRAG A COLD
FRONT ACROSS OUR AREA. THIS WOULD RESULT IN UNSETTLED WEATHER ON
MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING...FOLLOWED BY A DRYING TREND MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL AFFECT THE TERMINALS UNTIL AROUND 14Z.
EXCEPTION IS IN CENTRAL OHIO WHICH WILL LIKELY REMAIN NORTH OF
THIS ACTIVITY. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH STORMS OFF TO THE EAST. THIS
WILL ALSO CAUSE WINDS TO VEER AND CEILINGS TO LOWER TO MVFR. WINDS
WILL BECOME GUSTY AND VEER MORE TO THE NORTHWEST WITH TIME.
CEILINGS WILL GRADUALLY LIFT LATE IN THE MORNING AND THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. CLOUDS ARE FORECAST TO SCATTER OUT TOWARDS 00Z AND
WINDS WIL DIMINISH AS WELL. COULD SEE SOME VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
DEVELOP AT THE MORE FOG PRONE TAF SITES LATE IN THE PERIOD.

OUTLOOK...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...NOVAK
NEAR TERM...NOVAK
SHORT TERM...NOVAK
LONG TERM...LATTO
AVIATION...
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:29 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
529 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>045-051>053-140930-
RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-
CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-
MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
529 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ046-054>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-140930-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-DELAWARE-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-
LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-
BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-
ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
529 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINFALL AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:37 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
337 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNW RICHWOOD          40.48N 83.33W
06/13/2013                   UNION              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME

0103 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSW RICHWOOD          40.36N 83.31W
06/13/2013                   UNION              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A BARN

1255 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 ESE WEST MANSFIELD    40.37N 83.45W
06/13/2013                   UNION              OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

1225 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ALGER                   40.71N 83.84W
06/13/2013                   HARDIN             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

1228 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ROUNDHEAD               40.56N 83.84W
06/13/2013                   HARDIN             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

1237 AM     TSTM WND DMG     KENTON                  40.64N 83.61W
06/13/2013                   HARDIN             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN

0137 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ESE HILLIARD          40.03N 83.12W
06/13/2013                   FRANKLIN           OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF DECKING REMOVED FROM A LOWES BUILDING

&&

SNYDER
Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
338 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ESE HILLIARD          40.02N 83.10W
06/13/2013                   FRANKLIN           OH   NEWSPAPER

            LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN

0207 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SSE DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS 39.89N 82.96W
06/13/2013                   FRANKLIN           OH   NEWSPAPER

            LARGE TREE DOWN

&&
Local storm report, Jun 13, 3:46 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
346 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SE RICHWOOD           40.39N 83.22W
06/13/2013                   DELAWARE           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BARN BLOWN OFF FOUNDATION IN THOMPSON TWP

0120 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DELAWARE                40.30N 83.08W
06/13/2013                   DELAWARE           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AROUND DELAWARE COUNTY

&&

SNYDER
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:49 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
749 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ060-070-131230-
UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-FAYETTE IN-WAYNE IN-BUTLER OH-PREBLE OH-
749 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN PREBLE...WESTERN
BUTLER...SOUTHERN WAYNE...FAYETTE...NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND UNION
COUNTIES THROUGH 830 AM EDT...

AT 744 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CONNERSVILLE...
BROOKVILLE...LIBERTY...WEST COLLEGE CORNER...OXFORD...EATON AND
CAMDEN.

ALSO...BUENA VISTA...BENTONVILLE...COLUMBIA...BUNKER HILL...LAUREL...
PEPPERTOWN...ALPINE...NULLTOWN...METAMORA AND METTEL FIELD 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 3977 8531 3978 8456 3935 8457 3940 8530

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware20 min
Jun 12, 8:29 PM EDTTornado WarningILNDelaware31 min
Jun 12, 8:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHardin26 min
Jun 12, 9:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHardin23 min
Jun 12, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking23 min
Jun 12, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Darke, Hardin, Mercer, Miami, Shelby47 min
Jun 12, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Mercer45 min
Jun 12, 11:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Shelby86 min
Jun 12, 11:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Champaign, Darke, Logan, Mercer, Miami and 1 more38 min
Jun 13, 12:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Hardin, Logan, Union47 min
Jun 13, 12:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Logan, Mercer and 3 more50 min
Jun 13, 12:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware, Union39 min
Jun 13, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Delaware, Franklin, Hardin, Logan, Madison and 1 more38 min
Jun 13, 1:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNChampaign, Clark, Greene, Madison, Miami, Montgomery and 1 more41 min
Jun 13, 1:08 AM EDTTornado WarningILNDelaware, Union37 min
Jun 13, 1:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDarke, Miami, Shelby3 hr
Jun 13, 1:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison64 min
Jun 13, 1:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Pickaway, Warren56 min
Jun 13, 1:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreene, Montgomery51 min
Jun 13, 2:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHocking38 min
Jun 13, 3:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton, Fayette, Greene, Pickaway47 min
Jun 13, 3:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClinton, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross5 hr
Jun 13, 7:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPreble41 min
Jun 13, 8:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Preble41 min
Jun 13, 8:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton51 min
Jun 13, 8:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Warren67 min
Jun 13, 8:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton33 min
Jun 13, 8:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and 1 more55 min
Jun 13, 8:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton, Fayette, Ross33 min
Jun 13, 9:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown, Clermont45 min
Jun 13, 9:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland26 min
Jun 13, 9:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland, Pike, Ross28 min
Jun 13, 9:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss38 min
Jun 13, 9:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland37 min
Jun 13, 9:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams, Brown56 min
Jun 13, 9:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike and 1 more3 hr
Jun 13, 9:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike33 min
Jun 13, 10:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike, Scioto29 min
Jun 13, 10:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNScioto37 min
Jun 13, 9:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCarroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2013Severe 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.