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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 27, 2014Fairfield County, Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2014, 4:56 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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 27, 2014, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2014, 5:27 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fairfield County, OH, Licking County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 27, 1:44 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 27, 4:34 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 4:34 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 3:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
313 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-281915-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-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-
313 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 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...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON HAVE AN INCREASED
POTENTIAL FOR BECOMING SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:00 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:09 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:17 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:31 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
431 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

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

0405 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SE DUBLIN             40.10N 83.11W
07/27/2014  M1.50 INCH       FRANKLIN           OH   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            HIGH WATER CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN HAS COVERED SR-257 AT
            DALE DRIVE

0427 PM     HEAVY RAIN       DUBLIN                  40.12N 83.13W
07/27/2014  M1.50 INCH       FRANKLIN           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FELL IN PAST HOUR

&&

SNYDER

Local storm report, Jul 27, 4:41 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
441 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

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

0440 PM     TSTM WND GST     KCMH PORT COLUMBUS APT  40.00N 82.89W
07/27/2014  M46 MPH          FRANKLIN           OH   ASOS

&&

SNYDER

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:43 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
443 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

OHZ055-056-065-272115-
FAIRFIELD OH-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING OH-
443 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN LICKING...EASTERN
FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 441 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WHITEHALL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...REYNOLDSBURG...
PICKERINGTON...PATASKALA AND BALTIMORE.

ALSO...SUMMIT STATION...ETNA...BEECHWOOD TRAILS AND KIRKERSVILLE ARE
NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

LAT...LON 4002 8251 3980 8258 3994 8300 4005 8297

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	31 min
Jul 26, 10:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	33 min
Jul 26, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	31 min
Jul 27, 11:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize	38 min
Jul 27, 12:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin, Logan, Union	29 min
Jul 27, 12:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Logan	25 min
Jul 27, 12:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan	3 hr
Jul 27, 12:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan	35 min
Jul 27, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	27 min
Jul 27, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Union	38 min
Jul 27, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware	31 min
Jul 27, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	32 min
Jul 27, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan	26 min
Jul 27, 3:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Madison, Union	24 min
Jul 27, 3:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Champaign, Madison, Union	19 min
Jul 27, 3:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Logan, Union	3 hr
Jul 27, 3:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware, Union	3 hr
Jul 27, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Franklin	3 hr
Jul 27, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	32 min
Jul 27, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer	24 min
Jul 27, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	25 min
Jul 27, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize	32 min
Jul 27, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby	37 min
Jul 27, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke	35 min
Jul 27, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Logan, Shelby	39 min
Jul 27, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Preble	49 min
Jul 27, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	23 min
Jul 27, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign	30 min
Jul 27, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	34 min
Jul 27, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan	31 min
Jul 27, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Logan, Union	33 min
Jul 27, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark, Madison	32 min
Jul 27, 7:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	30 min
Jul 27, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin, Madison	34 min
Jul 27, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams, Scioto	33 min
Jul 26, 11:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant, Pendleton	35 min
Jul 27, 12:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mason, Robertson	49 min
Jul 27, 12:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mason	36 min
Jul 27, 1:02 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Lewis	28 min
Jul 27, 7:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll, Owen	46 min
Jul 27, 7:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone	35 min
Jul 27, 8:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	37 min
Jul 27, 8:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pendleton	35 min
Jul 27, 10:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll, Owen	29 min
Jul 27, 10:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	25 min
Jul 27, 11:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Carroll, Owen	3 hr
Jul 27, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	30 min
Jul 27, 12:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen	15 min
Jul 27, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Kenton	34 min
Jul 27, 9:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Ripley	3 hr
Jul 27, 6:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	26 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.