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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 1, 2013Hamilton County, Ohio; Boone County, Kenton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Ohio; Boone County, Kenton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 1, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2013, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Hamilton County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2013-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 580 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 2013-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 Jul 1, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
145 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION WILL SLOWLY
SHIFT WESTWARD AND WEAKEN BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. UNSETTLED
WEATHER WILL CONTINUE...WITH DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FOCUSED PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE GRADUALLY THROUGH THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS SLOWLY PIVOTING UP ACROSS
NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF OUR FA THIS MORNING. THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE
A LITTLE MORE MOVEMENT WITH THESE STORMS COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW
YESTERDAY...BUT WILL STILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON POTENTIAL
FLOODING AS THIS IS MOVING ACROSS A FEW OF THE AREAS THAT RECEIVED
SIGNIFICANT LOCALIZED RAINFALL YESTERDAY. OTHERWISE...SHORT WAVE
ENERGY ROTATING AROUND THE MAIN UPPER LOW OVER THE LOWER OHIO
VALLEY SHOULD AID IN DIURNALLY ENHANCED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY
CONCERN HEADING INTO THIS AFTERNOON BUT SHEAR VALUES ARE A LITTLE
HIGHER TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR EASTERN AREAS. THIS COULD
SUPPORT SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL/WIND WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS
LATER TODAY. EXPECT HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
NUMERICAL MODEL SOLNS GENERALLY SIMILAR WITH ELONGATED UPPER LEVEL
LOW OVER LOWER OH VLY RETROGRADING WEST INTO IL TUESDAY.

SFC LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROF AXIS TO PIVOT NORTH THRU ILNS FA
TONIGHT. WILL BEGIN THE PERIOD WITH THE HIGHEST POPS IN LKLY
CATEGORY ACRS THE SOUTH AND THEN ROTATE THESE POPS NORTHWEST AND
SHOW A DIMINISHING TREND TO CHC CATEGORY.

SFC LOW/TROF AXIS TO SET UP ACRS WESTERN FA TUESDAY WITH AFTN BLYR
CAPES APPROACHING 1000 J/KG. WILL RAMP AFTN POPS UP TO LKLY ACRS
THE WEST WHERE SFC TROF AXIS WILL BE ORIENTED TO CHANCE ACRS THE
SOUTHEAST. TUESDAYS HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BELOW NORMAL RANGING FROM
THE MID/UPR 70S NW TO THE LOWER 80S SE.

WILL ALLOW POPS TO DIURNALLY DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT PER OBSERVATION
THE PAST SEVERAL NIGHTS DUE TO LOSS OF INSTBY.

WILL INCREASE POPS WEDNESDAY BUT LIMIT MAX TO HIGH CHANCE CATEGORY.
WILL CARRY BEST POPS ACRS THE EAST. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY EXPECTED TO
BE A LTL CLOSER TO NORMAL...FROM UPPER 70S TO THE LOWER 80S.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER PATTERN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE THROUGH THE
PERIOD AS THE TROUGH IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE COUNTRY WEAKENS AS
THE HIGH BUILDS WEST FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST. THIS PATTERN WILL
RESULT IN PLENTIFUL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION. AND AS DISTURBANCES
ROTATE AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH THERE WILL BE
CONTINUED CHANCES OF CONVECTION. BETTER COVERAGE WILL BE FAVORED IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT STORMS AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY
CANNOT BE RULED OUT. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY WITH TIME.
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL THAT THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS COULD END UP A
LITTLE FURTHER NORTH BY THE WEEKEND. AND IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR THEN
THE CHANCE OF RAIN WOULD DECREASE AND TEMPERATURES WOULD BE WARMER.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AIRMASS HAS DESTABILIZED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
IS ALLOWING FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
EXPECT THIS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF OUR FA AS
SHORT WAVE ENERGY PIVOTS UP INTO THE REGION. THUS THE THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON AND OFF AT THE TAF SITES THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. MVFR TO OCCASIONALLY IFR
CIGS AND VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN ANY OF THESE STORMS. WITH
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SHIFTING OFF TO THE WEST...THINK MAJORITY OF
ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT. WE COULD ONCE AGAIN SEE SOME
BR/STRATUS DEVELOPMENT LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...BUT
THIS WILL BE SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH PCPN WE END OF WITH
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME FOR TUESDAY...WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE LATE
MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON.

OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...AR
NEAR TERM...JGL
SHORT TERM...AR
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...JGL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 5:21 AM EDT, 10 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
521 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-020930-
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-
521 AM EDT MON JUL 1 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.

A BROAD UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE AREA WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE BEST COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS
MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL AND
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

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

UNDER THE CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 11:29 AM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1129 AM EDT MON JUL 01 2013

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

1126 AM     FLOOD            5 NNE FORT RECOVERY     40.48N 84.75W
07/01/2013                   MERCER             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGH WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADS BETWEEN FORT RECOVERY AND
            WABASH.

&&
Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
153 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2013

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

0130 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 N WEST MANSFIELD      40.46N 83.54W
07/01/2013                   LOGAN              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL ROADS IN THE AREA FROM EAST LIBERTY TO NORTH OF
            WEST MANSFIELD IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH RUSHING WATER.

&&

KURZ
Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
154 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2013

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

0140 PM     FLASH FLOOD      RUSHSYLVANIA            40.46N 83.67W
07/01/2013                   LOGAN              OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RUSHING WATER OVER MANY ROADS FROM AROUND RUSHYLVANIA TO
            BIG SPRINGS.

&&

KURZ
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:57 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
257 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

OHZ070-071-077-078-011930-
BUTLER OH-HAMILTON OH-WARREN OH-CLERMONT OH-
257 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CLERMONT...
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN...NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER
COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT...

AT 252 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOVELAND
PARK...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...KINGS ISLAND...
MONTGOMERY...MASON...SHARONVILLE AND WEST CHESTER.

ALSO...LANDEN...KINGS MILLS...HAGEMAN...SOCIALVILLE...PISGAH AND MAUD
ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3930 8447 3946 8433 3931 8411 3919 8423
Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:26 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 10:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNMercer2 hr
Jul 1, 10:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNLogan3 hr
Jul 1, 1:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHardin, Logan3 hr
Jul 1, 2:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClermont2 hr
Jul 1, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWarren33 min
Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler43 min
Jul 1, 3:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren3 hr
Jul 1, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler51 min
Jul 1, 4:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNHardin, Logan2 hr
Jul 1, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland23 min
Jul 1, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland44 min
Jul 1, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland27 min
Jul 1, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland46 min
Jul 1, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNScioto41 min
Jul 1, 7:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNScioto3 hr
Jul 1, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGallatin47 min
Jul 1, 6:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNGallatin, Grant, Owen3 hr
Jul 1, 6:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGallatin, Grant, Owen4 hr
Jul 1, 6:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNRipley3 hr
Jul 1, 7:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNRipley3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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.