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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 9, 2013Logan County, Union County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2013, 12:21 AM EDT for Logan County, Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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 9, 2013, 12:21 AM EDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Logan County, OH, Union County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 00:00Z on 2013-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1365 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2013-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 8, 11:59 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 11:59 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 12:01 AM EDT, 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 8:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
850 PM EDT MON JUL 08 2013

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

0834 PM     FLOOD            BALTIMORE               39.85N 82.61W
07/08/2013                   FAIRFIELD          OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. 3-4 INCHES DEEP IN STREETS.
            SMALL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 1.31 INCHES OF RAIN IN
            35 MIN.

&&
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
943 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013

OHZ026-035-090215-
AUGLAIZE OH-HARDIN OH-
943 PM EDT MON JUL 8 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN AND NORTHERN
AUGLAIZE COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT...

AT 940 PM EDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL IN
WAYNESFIELD. RADAR INDICATED THAT A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN AUGLAIZE COUNTY AT 15 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
DIME SIZED HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...WAYNESFIELD.

ALSO...NEW HAMPSHIRE...ROUNDHEAD...JUMBO AND WALTON ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

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

LAT...LON 4067 8368 4053 8377 4053 8388 4061 8443
      4069 8442 4069 8423 4066 8422 4066 8411
      4065 8410 4065 8389 4071 8389
Local storm report, Jul 8, 10:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1024 PM EDT MON JUL 08 2013

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

0940 PM     HAIL             WAYNESFIELD             40.60N 83.97W
07/08/2013  E0.75 INCH       AUGLAIZE           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA TO PENNY SIZED HAIL

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 10:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:43 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield3 hr
Jul 8, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize32 min
Jul 8, 10:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize3 hr
Jul 8, 10:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Logan, Shelby43 min
Jul 8, 10:29 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAuglaize, Logan31 min
Jul 8, 10:37 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAuglaize3 hr
Jul 8, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Hardin, Logan48 min
Jul 8, 11:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNLogan3 hr
Jul 8, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLogan47 min
Jul 9, 1:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDelaware2 hr
Jul 9, 2:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNLicking3 hr
Jul 9, 2:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking26 min
Jul 9, 4:27 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDelaware, Licking3 hr
Jul 9, 5:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking42 min
Jul 9, 6:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDelaware, Franklin, Licking3 hr
Jul 9, 7:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway2 hr
Jul 9, 8:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross3 hr
Jul 9, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClark25 min
Jul 9, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFranklin24 min
Jul 9, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Franklin, Madison, Union42 min
Jul 9, 3:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFranklin4 hr
Jul 9, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMadison34 min
Jul 9, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland29 min
Jul 9, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont37 min
Jul 9, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking49 min
Jul 9, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking42 min
Jul 9, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss24 min
Jul 9, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPickaway43 min
Jul 9, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland26 min
Jul 9, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware34 min
Jul 9, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield44 min
Jul 9, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss42 min
Jul 9, 4:46 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNLicking10 hr
Jul 9, 4:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLicking3 hr
Jul 9, 5:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield, Fayette, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross4 hr
Jul 9, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield, Hocking32 min
Jul 9, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHocking33 min
Jul 9, 5:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHardin31 min
Jul 9, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler28 min
Jul 9, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Warren46 min
Jul 9, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion25 min
Jul 9, 6:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDelaware, Union4 hr
Jul 9, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWarren33 min
Jul 9, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton25 min
Jul 9, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Highland41 min
Jul 9, 7:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNHardin4 hr
Jul 9, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCampbell26 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.