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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2013, 6:03 PM EDT for Highland County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2013, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Highland County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 32 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.
- 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
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, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 432 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SLOWLY SHIFT TO THE WEST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FROM THIS FEATURE PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING IN COVERAGE FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING AND THEREFORE CONTINUED WITH HEAVY RAIN WORDING IN THE FORECAST AND IN THE HWO. WITH SIMILAR PATTERN STILL IN PLACE...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TONIGHT TO BE SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT. WENT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 60S ACROSS THE AREA FOR TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE WEATHER PATTERN ON TUESDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY INCREASING IN COVERAGE FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. EXPECT COVERAGE TO BE SLIGHTLY LESS ON TUESDAY THAN ON MONDAY HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH SLIGHTLY LESS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER ON TUESDAY. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE MIDDLE 70S TO MIDDLE 80S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... DEEP MERIDIONAL FLOW BETWEEN A TROUGH TO THE WEST AND A RIDGE TO THE EAST WILL KEEP OPEN A PIPELINE OF MOISTURE HEADING INTO THE REGION. VARIOUS NORTHWARD MOVING DISTURBANCES WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF UNSETTLED CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. AT THIS POINT THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THURSDAY. CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL MAINTAIN HIGHS BELOW NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LOWS REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL. AS MID CONTINENT TROUGH WEAKENS THE RIDGE WILL BUILD WEST INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THERE WILL STILL BE DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION ALTHOUGH THIS SHOULD BE MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE. HIGHS SHOULD BE ABLE TO WARM TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. WARM AND MUGGY NIGHTS WILL PREVAIL. && .AVIATION /20Z 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...NOVAK NEAR TERM...NOVAK SHORT TERM...NOVAK LONG TERM... AVIATION...JGL
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 5:21 AM EDT, 12 hours 42 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, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
435 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0329 PM FLASH FLOOD NORTHWOOD 40.47N 83.73W
07/01/2013 LOGAN OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
THREE COUNTY ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. THESE
ROADS INCLUDED COUNTY ROAD 101 AT COUNTY ROAD 638, COUNTY
ROAD 105 BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 106 AND 109, AND COUNTY ROAD
25 BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 37 AND 9.
&&
ASLLocal storm report, Jul 1, 4:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
438 PM EDT MON JUL 01 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM HEAVY RAIN 6 NE FAIRFIELD 39.39N 84.48W
07/01/2013 M0.81 INCH BUTLER OH TRAINED SPOTTER
IN LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. MEASURED IN THE LAST HOUR.
&&
HATZOSSpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 5:37 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
537 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
OHZ080-012200-
HIGHLAND OH-
537 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL HIGHLAND COUNTY THROUGH
600 PM EDT...
AT 536 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HILLSBORO. THIS STORM IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT...
HILLSBORO...SAMANTHA...AND OTHER RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL HIGHLAND
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3915 8371 3927 8374 3930 8373 3933 8367
3934 8355 3929 8348 3914 8348 3911 8361
HATZOSSpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 5:58 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
558 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
KYZ090-094-095-012245-
OWEN KY-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-
558 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN GRANT...EASTERN
GALLATIN AND NORTHERN OWEN COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 554 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NAPOLEON
THAT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY.
ALSO...EAGLE HILL AND GLENCOE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3871 8493 3879 8485 3878 8483 3879 8481
3881 8482 3885 8479 3879 8468 3861 8477
ASLSpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 6:01 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
601 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
OHZ080-012245-
HIGHLAND OH-
601 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY
THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 554 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
RAINSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY...INCLUDING RAINSBORO.
LAT...LON 3925 8358 3938 8344 3938 8342 3928 8338
3927 8339 3926 8338 3923 8337 3918 8351
ASLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 10:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Mercer | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Logan | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hardin, Logan | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clermont | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Warren | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 3:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 4:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Hardin, Logan | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 7:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Scioto | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Gallatin | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 6:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Ripley | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Ripley | 3 hr |
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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.