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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 26, 2013Clinton County, Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2013, 1:53 AM EDT for Clinton County, Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 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 26, 2013, 1:53 AM EDT (05:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2013, 2:45 AM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clinton County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 349 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 422 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 286 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 Jun 26, 1:41 AM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:41 AM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 7:52 PM EDT, 6 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
752 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>096-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>072-074-077-078-270000-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-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-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-
752 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE
PRIMARY THREAT. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...MOST LIKELY FROM
THE AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WITH THREATS FOR DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT AND THEN AGAIN
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

KYZ097>100-OHZ073-079>082-088-270000-
BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-ROSS-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
752 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS.

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...MOST LIKELY FROM
THE AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME FRAME...WITH THREATS FOR DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:58 AM EDT, 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1258 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

OHZ046-056-260545-
DELAWARE OH-LICKING OH-
1258 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN LICKING AND EASTERN
DELAWARE COUNTIES THROUGH 145 AM EDT...

AT 1256 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALUM
CREEK STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...SUNBURY...JOHNSTOWN AND
UTICA.

ALSO...GALENA...OLIVE GREEN...CENTER VILLAGE...HARTFORD...FREDONIA
AND ST. LOUISVILLE 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 4014 8233 4014 8307 4030 8311 4036 8285
      4035 8275 4028 8274 4027 8252 4027 8248
      4025 8247 4024 8237

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:14 AM EDT, 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
114 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

OHZ026-043>046-051-052-260600-
CHAMPAIGN OH-DELAWARE OH-HARDIN OH-LOGAN OH-MIAMI OH-SHELBY OH-
UNION OH-
114 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN UNION...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY...NORTHERN MIAMI...LOGAN...SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN...
NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND NORTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES THROUGH 200
AM EDT...

AT 111 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
PFEIFFER TO RUSHSYLVANIA TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF PIQUA...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 30 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BELLEFONTAINE...WEST
MANSFIELD...WEST LIBERTY AND RICHWOOD.

ALSO...RIDGEWAY...MOUNT VICTORY...CARYSVILLE...ROSEWOOD...
SPRINGHILLS...KISER LAKE STATE PARK...NEW JERUSALEM...ZANESFIELD...
VALLEY HI AND BYHALIA ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS.

WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.

LAT...LON 4051 8341 4051 8325 4050 8324 4045 8324
      4044 8308 4043 8308 4022 8374 4010 8437
      4043 8395 4066 8354 4069 8342

ASL

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:21 AM EDT, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
121 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

OHZ061-062-070-071-260600-
BUTLER OH-GREENE OH-MONTGOMERY OH-WARREN OH-
121 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WARREN...SOUTHERN
MONTGOMERY...WESTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES THROUGH
200 AM EDT...

AT 119 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR POAST TOWN
HEIGHTS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CARLISLE...FRANKLIN...
MIAMISBURG...SPRINGBORO...WEST CARROLLTON...KETTERING...WAYNESVILLE
AND BELLBROOK.

ALSO...GERMANTOWN...PEKIN...WOODBOURNE-HYDE PARK...LYTLE...
CENTERVILLE...CORWIN...CAESAR CREEK STATE PARK...MOUNT HOLLY...
ROXANNA AND SPRING VALLEY ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3963 8443 3976 8393 3951 8398 3944 8446

ASL

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:35 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:37 AM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:44 AM EDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign	37 min
Jun 25, 11:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke, Mercer	62 min
Jun 26, 12:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hardin	36 min
Jun 26, 12:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler, Preble	46 min
Jun 26, 12:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby	50 min
Jun 26, 12:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware, Union	32 min
Jun 26, 12:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan	35 min
Jun 26, 12:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin, Logan, Union	27 min
Jun 26, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	50 min
Jun 26, 12:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	47 min
Jun 26, 1:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan	46 min
Jun 26, 1:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Hardin, Logan, Union	3 hr
Jun 26, 1:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery	39 min
Jun 26, 1:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene, Montgomery, Warren	47 min
Jun 26, 1:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	40 min
Jun 26, 1:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton, Warren	46 min
Jun 26, 2:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark	35 min
Jun 26, 2:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton, Fayette	37 min
Jun 26, 2:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	31 min
Jun 26, 11:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILN	Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more	16 hr
Jun 26, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke, Preble	46 min
Jun 26, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery	36 min
Jun 26, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	48 min
Jun 26, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene	37 min
Jun 26, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hardin	33 min
Jun 26, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene, Madison	44 min
Jun 26, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark	23 min
Jun 26, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	45 min
Jun 26, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland	51 min
Jun 26, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Madison	33 min
Jun 26, 5:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hardin	31 min
Jun 26, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Warren	26 min
Jun 26, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Madison	35 min
Jun 26, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown	28 min
Jun 26, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	33 min
Jun 26, 6:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clermont	2 hr
Jun 26, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams	34 min
Jun 26, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pickaway	31 min
Jun 26, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke	35 min
Jun 26, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette, Greene	31 min
Jun 26, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	30 min
Jun 26, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike	29 min
Jun 26, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike, Scioto	35 min
Jun 26, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	32 min
Jun 26, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ross	24 min
Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	30 min
Jun 26, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike, Ross, Scioto	28 min
Jun 26, 1:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone, Kenton	38 min
Jun 26, 2:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Kenton	32 min
Jun 26, 3:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton	39 min
Jun 26, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	49 min
Jun 26, 4:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Boone, Gallatin	2 hr
Jun 26, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Campbell, Kenton	30 min
Jun 26, 5:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Kenton	115 min
Jun 26, 12:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	44 min
Jun 26, 2:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ripley	38 min
Jun 26, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn	33 min
Jun 26, 6:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Ripley	115 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.