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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 26, 2013Ross County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2013, 7:21 PM EDT for Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2013, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2013, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH

County Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2013-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 2013-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 26, 4:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 4:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 3:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
341 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ042-051>056-060>065-
070>074-077>082-088-271945-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-DARKE-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-
341 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 374 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE 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
AND SOUTHWEST 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.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED TONIGHT.

OHZ026-034-035-043>046-271945-
HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-
341 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY
OF 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.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THERE
IS SOME QUESTION HOW MUCH INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP. BUT IT APPEARS
THAT IT WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE
OVERNIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE
INTO THE EVENING. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:45 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 6:59 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
659 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

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

0530 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 S DUNKIRK             40.76N 83.64W
06/26/2013  M2.20 INCH       HARDIN             OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2.2 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 445 PM AND 530 PM.

&&

ANOVAK
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:10 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
710 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

KYZ100-OHZ081-082-088-262345-
LEWIS KY-ADAMS OH-PIKE OH-SCIOTO OH-
710 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN SCIOTO...
EASTERN PIKE...SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND EASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES THROUGH
745 PM EDT...

AT 706 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ELM GROVE TO TURKEY CREEK LAKE TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
HARRIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CAMP DIX...HEAD OF
GRASSY...PIKETON...WAVERLY...LUCASVILLE...PORTSMOUTH...ROSEMOUNT AND
NEW BOSTON.

ALSO...TURKEY CREEK LAKE...TANNERY...LOMBARDSVILLE...EMERSON...LAKE
WHITE...BEAR CREEK...GARRISON...WAKEFIELD...MCDERMOTT AND FRIENDSHIP
ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

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

LAT...LON 3838 8341 3870 8334 3909 8315 3917 8282
      3917 8278 3901 8279 3889 8285 3875 8288
      3872 8303 3868 8302 3863 8306 3859 8307
      3849 8318 3847 8318 3843 8323 3834 8322
      3832 8335
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:13 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
713 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

OHZ056-064-065-074-262345-
FAIRFIELD OH-HOCKING OH-LICKING OH-PICKAWAY OH-
713 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN PICKAWAY...
LICKING...NORTHWESTERN HOCKING AND FAIRFIELD COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM
EDT...

AT 710 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF US ROUTE 62 AT STATE ROUTE 661 TO
STATE ROUTE 158 AT STATE ROUTE 204 TO TARLTON...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BALTIMORE...GRANVILLE
SOUTH...MILLERSPORT...GRANVILLE...HEBRON...LANCASTER...FAIRFIELD
BEACH...UTICA...BUCKEYE LAKE...PLEASANTVILLE...HEATH...HARBOR
HILLS...SUGAR GROVE...NEWARK AND BREMEN.

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

LAT...LON 3991 8230 3992 8246 3984 8247 3983 8239
      3974 8239 3950 8254 3951 8296 3992 8274
      4028 8270 4027 8248 4025 8247 4024 8225
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
721 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

OHZ064-073-262345-
PICKAWAY OH-ROSS OH-
721 PM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ROSS AND SOUTHERN
PICKAWAY COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 719 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM AUSTIN TO BAINBRIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...KINGSTON...CHILLICOTHE
AND NORTH FORK VILLAGE.

ALSO...FRANKFORT...BOURNEVILLE...KNOCKEMSTIFF...SUMMITHILL...
MOORESVILLE...ANDERSONVILLE...SCIOTO TRAIL STATE PARK AND MASSIEVILLE
ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

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

LAT...LON 3951 8285 3919 8283 3921 8328 3949 8329

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNChampaign37 min
Jun 25, 11:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke, Mercer62 min
Jun 26, 12:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHardin36 min
Jun 26, 12:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Preble46 min
Jun 26, 12:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby50 min
Jun 26, 12:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware, Union32 min
Jun 26, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLogan35 min
Jun 26, 12:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin, Logan, Union27 min
Jun 26, 12:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion50 min
Jun 26, 12:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware47 min
Jun 26, 1:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLogan46 min
Jun 26, 1:15 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Hardin, Logan, Union3 hr
Jun 26, 1:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMontgomery39 min
Jun 26, 1:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene, Montgomery, Warren47 min
Jun 26, 1:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware40 min
Jun 26, 1:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton, Warren46 min
Jun 26, 1:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Warren52 min
Jun 26, 2:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClark35 min
Jun 26, 2:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton, Fayette37 min
Jun 26, 2:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFranklin31 min
Jun 26, 11:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchILNAdams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more16 hr
Jun 26, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke, Preble46 min
Jun 26, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMontgomery36 min
Jun 26, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMiami48 min
Jun 26, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreene37 min
Jun 26, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHardin33 min
Jun 26, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene, Madison44 min
Jun 26, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClark23 min
Jun 26, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren45 min
Jun 26, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clermont, Highland51 min
Jun 26, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMadison33 min
Jun 26, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHardin31 min
Jun 26, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWarren26 min
Jun 26, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMadison35 min
Jun 26, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown28 min
Jun 26, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton33 min
Jun 26, 6:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClermont2 hr
Jun 26, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams34 min
Jun 26, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPickaway31 min
Jun 26, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke35 min
Jun 26, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette, Greene31 min
Jun 26, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield, Licking30 min
Jun 26, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike29 min
Jun 26, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike, Scioto35 min
Jun 26, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield, Licking32 min
Jun 26, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield, Licking30 min
Jun 26, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike, Ross, Scioto28 min
Jun 26, 1:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBoone, Kenton38 min
Jun 26, 2:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNKenton32 min
Jun 26, 3:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBoone, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton39 min
Jun 26, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen49 min
Jun 26, 4:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBoone, Gallatin2 hr
Jun 26, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCampbell, Kenton30 min
Jun 26, 5:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBoone, Campbell, Gallatin, Kenton115 min
Jun 26, 12:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDearborn, Ripley44 min
Jun 26, 2:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRipley38 min
Jun 26, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDearborn33 min
Jun 26, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNRipley115 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.