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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 28, 2013Darke County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2013, 3:25 PM EDT for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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 28, 2013, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2013, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

County Darke County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.1

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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 28, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:50 AM EDT, 9 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
550 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>098-OHZ026-034-035-042>045-
051>053-060>062-070>072-077-078-291000-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-
LOGAN-UNION OH-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-BUTLER-
WARREN-CLINTON-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-
550 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL
OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ099-100-OHZ046-054>056-063>065-073-074-079>082-088-291000-
MASON-LEWIS-DELAWARE-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-
FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
550 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...CENTRAL
OHIO AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
INTO THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG
TO SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 1:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 1:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
211 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

OHZ056-281845-
LICKING OH-
211 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LICKING COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM
EDT...

AT 212 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ALEXANDRIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...GRANVILLE SOUTH...
GRANVILLE...HEBRON...HEATH...BUCKEYE LAKE...NEWARK...HARBOR HILLS AND
HANOVER.

LAT...LON 3995 8219 3994 8223 3992 8223 3991 8224
      3992 8242 3993 8246 3993 8257 3995 8277
      4015 8276 4024 8269 4015 8218

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
216 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

OHZ074-281845-
HOCKING OH-
216 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN HOCKING COUNTY THROUGH
245 PM EDT...

AT 212 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ILESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CARBON HILL.

ALSO...UNION FURNACE...HAYDENVILLE...STARR AND MURRAY CITY ARE NEAR
THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3947 8216 3946 8217 3947 8227 3939 8228
      3938 8229 3939 8250 3937 8252 3937 8259
      3956 8246 3951 8216

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:25 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
325 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

INZ050-OHZ042-282015-
WAYNE IN-DARKE OH-
325 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT DARKE AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE
COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 323 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER RANDOLPH COUNTY INDIANA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...UNION CITY...FOUNTAIN
CITY...ANSONIA...GREENVILLE...NEW MADISON...VERSAILLES AND ARCANUM.

ALSO...COSMOS...ROSE HILL...ROSSBURG...SHARPS CROSSING...SHARPEYE...
BETHEL...HOLLANSBURG...WHITEWATER...PALESTINE AND BROCK ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 4000 8507 4001 8482 4035 8481 4030 8444
      3992 8443 3992 8487

SNYDER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	33 min
Jun 27, 9:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	36 min
Jun 27, 10:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby	39 min
Jun 27, 10:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	47 min
Jun 28, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	50 min
Jun 28, 2:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike, Ross	50 min
Jun 28, 12:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark, Madison	33 min
Jun 28, 12:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	22 min
Jun 28, 12:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin, Madison	32 min
Jun 28, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin, Madison	31 min
Jun 28, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pickaway	24 min
Jun 28, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	28 min
Jun 28, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	27 min
Jun 28, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	29 min
Jun 28, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	14 min
Jun 28, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	34 min
Jun 28, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	29 min
Jun 28, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	51 min
Jun 28, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery, Preble	51 min
Jun 28, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark	39 min
Jun 28, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	23 min
Jun 28, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	31 min
Jun 28, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton, Greene, Warren	40 min
Jun 28, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Madison	47 min
Jun 28, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	47 min
Jun 28, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pickaway	51 min
Jun 28, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	19 min
Jun 27, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn	35 min
Jun 28, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ohio	31 min

Nearby

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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.