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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2014, 3:53 PM EDT for Adams County, Highland County, Pike County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 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 13, 2014, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2014, 4:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Adams County, OH, Highland County, OH, Pike County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 465 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
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 13, 1:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 150 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. ON MONDAY...THIS FRONT WEAKENS AND MOVES SOUTHEAST WHILE ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE SECONDARY COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS EAST THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT. AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIRMASS WILL THEN FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT INTO MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... PRECIP AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAS WEAKENED AS EXPECTED. STILL ANTICIPATE REDEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE WELL INTO THE 80S WHILE DEW POINTS REMAIN AROUND 70 GIVING CAPE OVER 2000 J/KG. IN THE PRESENCE OF MODERATELY STRONG WINDS ALOFT...SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THE MAIN THREAT IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN IN A REGIME CONTAINING A SLOW MOVING FRONT NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE UPPER FLOW...AND PRECIPITABLE WATER 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... FOR TONIGHT...THE FRONT WILL BECOME MORE ILL DEFINED AS IT SAGS SOUTHEAST INTO THE HEART OF THE CWFA. DO NOT LIKE THE NAM/GFS GRID SCALE FEEDBACK WHICH BLOW UP HIGH QPF VALUES ACRS THE SRN ZONES TOWARD MORNING. AS SUCH...HAVE GONE WITH THE CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS WHICH SUGGEST THAT CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE TOWARD MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES. THE NORTHERN ZONES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY OVERNIGHT. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE TRICKY DUE TO CLOUDS/PCPN. THIS CALLS FOR A BIAS CORRECTED BLEND WHICH YIELDS HIGHS FROM THE LOWER 80S NW TO NEAR 90 SE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 60S NW TO THE LOWER 70S ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. A LARGE SCALE ANOMALOUS MID LEVEL CLOSED LOW IS STILL FORECAST TO DIG SOUTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES ON MONDAY. THIS PROCESS SHOULD SHIFT FIRST AREA OF CONVECTION/CONVERGENT AXIS SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION WHILE A SECONDARY COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NW. THERE STILL REMAINS UNCERTAINTY ON THE AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE THAT IS EXPECTED WITH THE SECONDARY FRONT AS IT ENTERS OUR WRN CWFA LATE IN THE DAY OR EARLY EVENING. AS SUCH...HAVE KEPT POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY ON MONDAY WITH 50 PERCENT EMPLOYED ACRS THE WEST FOR SHOWERS/STORMS. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER IN MOST SPOTS...RANGING FROM THE LOWER TO MID 80S. FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW WILL TRAVERSE SLOWLY ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY TUESDAY MORNING. WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/STORMS UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE. AFTER THAT...WE SHOULD BE IN THE DRY SLOT BEHIND THE FRONT WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. THE COOL DOWN WILL BEGIN ON TUESDAY WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE LOWER 70S NW TO THE MID 70S SOUTHEAST. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED AS WEAK SFC RIDGING MOVES INTO THE AREA. LOWS WILL BE COOL AND WILL APPROACH RECORD LOWS FOR JULY 16. LOWS WILL BOTTOM OUT INTO THE LOWER AND MID 50S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE AND AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIRMASS WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION THROUGH MIDWEEK. THE COOL AIRMASS COULD ALLOW FOR A FEW DIURNAL SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY EVEN THURSDAY. HOWEVER...CHANCE AND COVERAGE APPEARS LOW ENOUGH AT THIS POINT TO LEAVE OUT OF FORECAST. THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS IT GRADUALLY MODIFIES WITH HIGHS INTO THE MID TO POSSIBLY UPPER 70S BY THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SLIDE OFF TO THE EAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AS WE TRANSITION INTO RETURN FLOW...HIGHS BY SATURDAY WILL SLOWLY MODERATE BACK INTO THE LOWER 80S. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... CONVECTION DEVELOPING ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT TAF SITES. CONDITIONS MAY INCLUDE MVFR CEILINGS AND IFR VISIBILITIES...ALONG WITH ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OVER 30 KNOTS. ACTIVITY WILL SHOW A WEAKENING TREND THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. AFTER A LULL IN CONVECTION LATE TONIGHT WITH WINDS BECOMING WEST...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY IGNITE ON MONDAY AS WINDS BACK TO SOUTHWEST AND INSTABILITY RETURNS. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY NIGHT. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HICKMAN NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO/HICKMAN SHORT TERM...HICKMAN LONG TERM...JGL AVIATION...CONIGLIO
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 1:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 150 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 OHZ026-034-035-043-044-141800- HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-SHELBY-LOGAN- 150 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ042-045-046-051>056- 060>065-070>074-077>082-088-141800- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-DARKE-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- 150 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014 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 SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MOST NUMEROUS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 71 CORRIDOR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. AN ISOLATED HAIL THREAT WILL EXIST AS WELL. THE SLOW MOVEMENT AND COPIOUS MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT MAY ALLOW FOR TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
325 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
OHZ073-082-132000-
PIKE OH-ROSS OH-
325 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN ROSS AND
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 324 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SCIOTO
TRAIL STATE PARK...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN ROSS COUNTIES...INCLUDING RICHMOND
DALE AND LONDONDERRY.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
LAT...LON 3920 8275 3917 8276 3916 8278 3912 8279
3911 8301 3929 8303 3933 8275Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:32 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
332 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
KYZ091>093-132000-
KENTON KY-BOONE KY-CAMPBELL KY-
332 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CAMPBELL...BOONE AND KENTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT...
AT 330 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
OAKBROOK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 45 MPH...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...UNION...FLORENCE...
ERLANGER...FORT MITCHELL...INDEPENDENCE...TAYLOR MILL AND HIGHLAND
HEIGHTS.
ALSO...RICHWOOD...ELSMERE...CRESCENT PARK...RICEDALE...CRESTVIEW
HILLS...LAKESIDE PARK...EDGEWOOD...FORT WRIGHT...WHITE TOWER AND
LATONIA LAKES ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3904 8478 3905 8441 3904 8439 3888 8440
3894 8479
ASLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton, Fayette | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 29 min |
| Jul 13, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin, Licking, Madison | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Perry | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Highland | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ross | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 16 min |
| Jul 13, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pickaway | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 4:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway | 117 min |
| Jul 13, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Greene, Madison, Pickaway | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Warren | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Warren | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Licking | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 6:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clark, Greene, Montgomery | 113 min |
| Jul 13, 7:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 28 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.