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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2013, 4:03 PM EDT for Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 20, 2013, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2013, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
County Warren County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 36 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1768 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 20, 1:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 1:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1127 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ042>046-051>056-060>065- 070>074-077>082-088-210900- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-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- 1127 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 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. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. OHZ026-034-035-210900- HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE- 1127 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 403 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 OHZ061-062-070-071-202030- BUTLER OH-GREENE OH-MONTGOMERY OH-WARREN OH- 403 PM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WARREN...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 400 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR POAST TOWN HEIGHTS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 45 MPH... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... VERY HEAVY RAIN... SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...FRANKLIN... MIAMISBURG...SPRINGBORO AND WAYNESVILLE. ALSO...PEKIN...CENTERVILLE...GENNTOWN...LYTLE...BELLBROOK...CAESAR CREEK STATE PARK...OREGONIA...MOUNT HOLLY...ROXANNA AND SPRING VALLEY ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. LAT...LON 3963 8400 3939 8401 3949 8447 3967 8444 AR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 8:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Hardin | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 10:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Logan, Union | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 10:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 51 min |
| Jul 20, 10:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 11:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami, Montgomery, Shelby | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 12:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Logan, Miami, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Madison | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 1:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Greene | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Preble | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 3:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clinton, Greene, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pike, Ross | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 4:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pike, Ross | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Warren | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 4:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 7:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Highland | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 23 min |
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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.