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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 8, 2014Auglaize County, Mercer County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2014, 7:41 AM EDT for Auglaize County, Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2014, 7:41 AM EDT (11:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2014, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Auglaize County, OH, Mercer County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2014-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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 8, 6:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 6:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:16 AM EDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
716 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ034-042-060-061-070-081145-
UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-FAYETTE IN-WAYNE IN-BUTLER OH-DARKE OH-MERCER OH-
MONTGOMERY OH-PREBLE OH-
716 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PREBLE...NORTHWESTERN
MONTGOMERY...SOUTHWESTERN MERCER...DARKE...WESTERN BUTLER...EASTERN
WAYNE...SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE...FRANKLIN AND UNION COUNTIES THROUGH
745 AM EDT...

AT 714 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF NORTH DAYTON TO SPRING GROVE TO
BROOKVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...RICHMOND...
BROOKVILLE...LIBERTY...NEW PARIS...WEST COLLEGE CORNER...FORT
RECOVERY...OXFORD...EATON...CAMDEN...GREENVILLE...LEWISBURG...ARCANUM
AND ANSONIA.

ALSO...WHITEWATER STATE PARK...SAINT PETER...MOUNDS STATE RECREATION
AREA...MIDDLEBORO...WITTS STATION...WHITEWATER...BOSTON...RICHMOND
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BILLINGSVILLE AND KITCHEL 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 3986 8500 4001 8505 4001 8482 4042 8481
      4042 8456 3986 8440 3931 8460 3931 8520
Local storm report, Jul 8, 7:27 AM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
727 AM EDT TUE JUL 08 2014

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

0828 PM     HAIL             3 W WILMINGTON          39.44N 83.89W
07/07/2014  M1.25 INCH       CLINTON            OH   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

SHOBE2
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:34 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
734 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

OHZ034-035-043-081200-
AUGLAIZE OH-MERCER OH-SHELBY OH-
734 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN SHELBY...
MERCER AND AUGLAIZE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 AM EDT...

AT 732 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATTANOOGA TO CHATTANOOGA TO ST.
HENRY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 45 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CELINA...NEW BREMEN...
ROCKFORD...ST. MARYS...BOTKINS...WAPAKONETA AND CRIDERSVILLE.

ALSO...CHATTANOOGA...CHICKASAW...MONTEZUMA...TAMA...BULKHEAD...
NEPTUNE...NEW KNOXVILLE...MENDON...MOULTON AND FRYBURG 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 4073 8446 4069 8445 4069 8423 4066 8421
      4066 8411 4065 8410 4065 8392 4045 8403
      4042 8469 4052 8481 4073 8480

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Highland47 min
Jul 7, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss24 min
Jul 7, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMadison26 min
Jul 7, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFranklin31 min
Jul 8, 7:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Darke, Preble29 min
Jul 8, 7:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Mercer26 min
Jul 8, 10:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke, Mercer, Shelby30 min
Jul 8, 10:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Miami, Montgomery and 2 more30 min
Jul 8, 10:59 AM EDTTornado WarningILNAuglaize, Shelby14 min
Jul 8, 11:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNChampaign, Hardin, Logan, Miami32 min
Jul 8, 1:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNScioto35 min
Jul 8, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNScioto26 min
Jul 7, 8:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBoone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen3 hr
Jul 7, 10:32 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin3 hr

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.