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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 10, 20139 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2013, 2:59 PM EDT for 9 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 46 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 10, 2013, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Miami County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 10, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 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-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: 1493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 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 10, 2:40 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
240 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA IN ADVANCE
OF A COLD FRONT. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH TONIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE REGION...BRINGING DRIER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SFC COLD FRONT FROM LOWER MICHIGAN INTO NW INDIANA AND CENTRAL IL
WITH FAST MOVING STORMS AHEAD OF FRONT NOW INTO FCST AREA. 2 INCH
PLUS PW VALUES THROUGH MUCH OF REGION...AND DESPITE FAILY
PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF STORMS...VERY EFFICIENT ENVIRONMENT WILL
RESULT IN TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING. VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WITH MLCAPE OF 2K TO 3K J/KG
ALONG WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR. 0-1KM SHEAR NOT TERRIBLY FAVORABLE
FOR TORNADIC ACTIVITY...THOUGH ISOLATED TOR CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

FROPA FROM NEAR 00-07UTC THROUGH REGION..WITH PARTIAL CLEARING
IN THE NW TOWARD DAYBREAK. OVERNIGHT LOWS STILL IN UPR 60S IN THE
EAST AND SOUTHEAST...WITH LOWER 60S IN THE NW.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA IN THE FAR SE NEAR DAYBREAK...WITH HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. THOUGH SOME CU FOR
THURSDAY...PLENTY OF SUN IN STABLE ENVIRONMENT. BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WITH HIGH ON THURS UPR 70S TO LOWER 80S AND OVERNIGHT
LOWS ON THU NIGHT UPR 50S TO NEAR 60.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MAINLY DRY AND TRANQUIL WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HIGH PRESSURE
STRETCHING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY WILL PROVIDE CLEAR
AND DRY CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FOR SUNDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY...AN
UPPER LOW IS FORECAST ON THE GFS AND ECMWF TO TRAVEL SOUTHWARD ALONG
THE EAST COAST. THOUGH THE MAIN EFFECTS OF THIS LOW WILL BE TO THE
EAST...ENOUGH COOLER AIR ALOFT MAY COME INTO PLAY TO BRING ISOLATED
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.

TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN BELOW NORMAL. UNDER A NORTHERLY FLOW...HIGHS
ON FRIDAY WILL BE AROUND 80. NEAR NORMAL MID AND UPPER 80S ARE IN
STORE FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD AS THE AIRMASS WARMS UNDER
INSOLATION AND WEAK WARM ADVECTION.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
FA. TSTMS EXPECTED AT TAF SITES THROUGH 23Z-24Z. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AND
CIGS/VSBYS MAY BE BRIEFLY REDUCED TO IFR CONDITIONS IN THE
STRONGER STORMS. AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THIS
EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT...PCPN SHOULD TAPER OFF ACROSS THE AREA WITH
SKIES AT LEAST PARTIALLY CLEARING LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.

OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR OHZ026-034-
     035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR INZ050-058-
     059-066-073>075-080.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JDR
NEAR TERM...JDR
SHORT TERM...JDR
LONG TERM...CONIGLIO
AVIATION...PARKER

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 12:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1253 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-111700-
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-
1253 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ORGANIZE AND BECOME
SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 12:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1211 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-101915-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...VEVAY...
CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...
OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...
MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...
GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...
PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...
EATON...DAYTON...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...
LANCASTER...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...
LOGAN...CINCINNATI...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...
WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH
1211 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

...HIGH HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON...
...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS LIKELY AS WELL...

VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVER ILLINOIS. HEAT INDICES THROUGH THE
MIDDLE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL PEAK IN THE UPPER 90S FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S...AND
DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE 70S. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE WITH PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXPOSURE.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER INDIANA WILL MOVE INTO THE
AREA AFTER 1 PM. STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE WITH TIME...WITH
THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WIND AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL
RATES...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING GIVEN VERY SATURATED
SOILS FROM RECENT RAINS. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.
STORMS SHOULD DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AFTER 8 PM.

BINAU

Local storm report, Jul 10, 12:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1236 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

0845 PM     HAIL             1 W CRIDERSVILLE        40.65N 84.17W
07/09/2013  M1.00 INCH       AUGLAIZE           OH   PUBLIC

&&

KURZ

Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:22 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
222 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

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

0220 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BLANCHESTER             39.29N 83.98W
07/10/2013                   CLINTON            OH   PUBLIC

            LARGE BRANCH DOWN.

&&

KURZ

Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:49 PM EDT, 10 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
Jul 9, 8:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clinton, Highland, Warren	3 hr
Jul 9, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	32 min
Jul 9, 8:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hardin	4 hr
Jul 9, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize	26 min
Jul 9, 8:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby	4 hr
Jul 9, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby	51 min
Jul 9, 8:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	30 min
Jul 9, 9:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	17 min
Jul 9, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hardin	32 min
Jul 9, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	45 min
Jul 9, 9:32 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Hocking	61 hr
Jul 9, 10:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Shelby	3 hr
Jul 9, 11:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan	38 min
Jul 9, 11:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	48 min
Jul 10, 7:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	25 min
Jul 10, 7:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	35 min
Jul 10, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer	51 min
Jul 10, 1:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Preble	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	38 min
Jul 10, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer and 2 more	43 min
Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Miami and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Shelby	44 min
Jul 10, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene, Madison, Miami, Montgomery	52 min
Jul 10, 3:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hamilton	3 hr
Jul 10, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene, Montgomery	39 min
Jul 10, 3:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Clark, Greene, Montgomery, Warren	3 hr
Jul 10, 3:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union	3 hr
Jul 10, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland, Madison and 2 more	51 min
Jul 10, 3:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	3 hr
Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Greene, Highland, Warren	45 min
Jul 10, 3:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, Warren	3 hr
Jul 10, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and 1 more	50 min
Jul 10, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Highland, Hocking, Pickaway, Pike, Ross	54 min
Jul 10, 4:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Fayette, Licking, Pickaway	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike	47 min
Jul 10, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking	51 min
Jul 10, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Licking	14 min
Jul 10, 4:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Highland, Pike, Ross, Scioto	3 hr
Jul 10, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	49 min
Jul 10, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	55 min
Jul 10, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Ross	42 min
Jul 10, 5:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Scioto	3 hr
Jul 10, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	26 min
Jul 10, 5:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Scioto	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Owen	3 hr
Jul 10, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne	45 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.