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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 10, 20138 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2013, 3:39 PM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 51 min. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2013, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2013, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clark County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Greene County, OH, Highland County, OH, Madison County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 10, 3:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Xenia, OH	LARGE TREE SNAPPED OFF
Jul 10, 3:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cedarville, OH	LARGE LIMB DOWN ON HOUSE AND WIRES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 10, 3:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Spring Valley, OH	FOUR TREES DOWN
Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 Nw Wilmington, OH	LARGE TREE SPLIT NEAR ROUTE 380 AND CENTER RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 10, 3:59 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Blanchester, OH	ONE LARGE BRANCH BROKEN OFF
Jul 10, 4:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jeffersonville, OH	TREES DOWN
Jul 10, 4:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 46	2 Sse Wilmington, OH	MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE IN WILMINGTON OHIO.
Jul 10, 4:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nw Washington Court H, OH	TREE DOWN ON RT 41 N OF WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE AND ANOTHER TREE DOWN ON CREEK RD.
Jul 10, 4:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 51	Kiln Wilmington Apt, OH
Jul 10, 4:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ssw Groveport, OH	TREE DOWN ON AIRBASE ROAD
Jul 10, 4:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ne Ashville, OH	TREE DOWN ON GOODMAN ROAD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 31 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, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDT, 59 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, 3:14 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
314 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>082-088-111915-
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-
314 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 PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT
BEING 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...

SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:06 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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

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

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CRIDERSVILLE            40.65N 84.15W
07/10/2013                   AUGLAIZE           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BLDG AT LUMBER YARD COLLAPSED

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WAPAKONETA              40.57N 84.19W
07/10/2013                   AUGLAIZE           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN

&&

HUGHES

Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:13 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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

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

0302 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E RUSSELLS POINT      40.47N 83.87W
07/10/2013                   LOGAN              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS DOWN IN THE AREA. TIME ESTIMATED
            FROM RADAR.

&&

KURZ

Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:20 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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

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

0245 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 SW ST. MARYS          40.51N 84.43W
07/10/2013  M86 MPH          AUGLAIZE           OH   MESONET

            VIA CWOP/HOME WEATHER STATION

0254 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 SSE WAPAKONETA        40.50N 84.16W
07/10/2013  M66 MPH          AUGLAIZE           OH   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            ODOT WEATHER SENSOR

&&

SNYDER

Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:30 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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

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

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W CELINA              40.55N 84.63W
07/10/2013                   MERCER             OH   PUBLIC

            FIVE TREES DOWN

&&

SNYDER

Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:32 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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

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

0316 PM     TSTM WND GST     KDAY DAYTON COX APT     39.90N 84.22W
07/10/2013  M55.00 MPH       MONTGOMERY         OH   ASOS

&&

HATZOS

Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:35 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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

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

0300 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W RUSSELLS POINT      40.47N 83.92W
07/10/2013  M53 MPH          LOGAN              OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

KURZ

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, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Hardin, Logan, Madison and 3 more	46 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, 3:44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.