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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

December 5, 201326 counties in Ohio; 9 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this winter storm warning at Dec 5, 2013, 4:01 AM EST for 26 counties in Ohio; 9 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Dec 5, 2013, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 5, 2013, 4:01 AM EST (09:01 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 5, 2013, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 7, 2013, 12:41 AM EST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

All 43 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 5, 12:56 AM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 12:56 AM EST, 3 hours 5 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
Dec 5, 4:01 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILN	Adams, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware and 15 more	45 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Ohio, 2013 Winter Storm Warnings in Kentucky, 2013 Winter Storm Warnings in Indiana, 2013 Every winter storm warning in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.