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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2014, 7:12 PM EDT for Logan County, Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2014, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Logan County, OH, Union County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 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
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, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 545 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING...FOLLOWED BY AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CROSSING EAST OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT. A STRONG PUSH OF COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES DURING THE DAY...WHICH WILL LIKELY OCCUR THROUGH MID-WEEK. A LONG WAVE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE FOUND TO THE EAST...RESULTING IN WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... UPDATED EARLY TO INCLUDE CATEGORICAL POPS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE FRONT MOVING THROUGH CWA THIS LATE DAY/EARLY EVENING. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW IS STILL VALID AND THINKING THAT SVR THREAT OVER SOUTHERN 1/2 OF CWA IS NOT EXISTENT...ESPECIALLY WITH THE RAPID LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. ENERGY FOR THE CONTINUATION OF STORMS THROUGH CWA WILL HAVE TO BE BROUGHT WITH THE FRONT AND IT JUST APPEARS TO HAVE SOME SHEAR IN ITS FAVOR. ACTIVE CELLS ALONG IT HAVE PUSHED OUT A BLANKETING CLOUD DECK THAT WILL INHIBIT THE INGREDIENTS NECESSARY FOR THEM TO PRODUCE A TORNADIC SUPERCELL. SOME ISOLD SEVERE IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND N OF I-70 CORRIDOR. PREV DISC FOLLOWS-> ACTIVE WEATHER WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE STRATUS OVER SOUTHERN CWA WILL NOT PERMIT ANY RUNAWAY TEMPERATURES WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW THE BOUNDARY LAYER TO DE-STABILIZE DURING THE REMAINING BULK OF DAYLIGHT HOURS. EVEN WITH THE LINE OF STORMS ALONG THE FRONT EXTENDING SSW THROUGH INDIANA EXPECTED TO CROSS INTO OHIO IN A COUPLE OF HOURS...THINK THAT THE TOR THREAT IS MINIMIZED OUTSIDE OF THE IMMEDIATE LINE OVER MAJORITY OF CWA. TIMING PROG HAS THE LINE IN WESTERN CWA AT ABOUT 5:30-6 PM AND I JUST CAN'T SEE THE INSTABILITY HOLDING TOUGH OVER SOUTHERN CWA AFTER 6 THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL BE DECREASING IN INTENSITY AT THAT TIME...THOUGH IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A DISCRETE SUPERCELL ALONG THE LINE TO PERSIST AND CROSS OUR CWA THROUGH THE VALID WATCH TIME OF 9PM. TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE A NOSE DIVE AFTER THE UPPER LOW CROSSES NEAR THE 6Z TIME FRAME TONIGHT...AS IT COMBINES TO PUSH NW FLOW THROUGH A DEEP LAYER OVERNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED IN THE COLD AIR TOMORROW...AT LEAST A VERY BKN CU FIELD. SHOWERS AND WIDESPREAD SPRINKLES APPEAR TO BE INDICATED DURING THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDWEEK...ESPECIALLY IN THE COLDEST AIR OVER NORTHERN CWA. THESE SHOWERS MAY PUSH SOUTH TO THE OHIO RIVER MONDAY BUT WILL LIKELY NOT REACH THAT FAR SOUTH ON TUES OR WED. CUTOFF LOW AND LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL PARK ITSELF OVER THE THE GREAT LAKES AND NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY...KEEPING WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF LATE DAY SPRINKLES/SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AIRMASS SHOULD MODIFY SOMEWHAT BY THURS AND FRI THAT THE SHOWERS DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING WILL NOT BE AS PREVALENT. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COOL AS NORTHERLY FLOW PERSISTS OVER THE REGION. ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY DROPS INTO THE ERN U.S. MEAN TROF OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS RESULTS IN THE TROF DEEPENING AGAIN. THE GFS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS THAN THE ECMWF. THERE SHOULD BE ENUF LIFT BOTH DAYS FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION TO DEVELOP. WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS IN THE E AND SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE W ON SATURDAY AND CHANCE POPS ALL LOCATIONS SUNDAY AS THE TROF LIFTS E. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION /22Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NEAR KCMH AND KLCK. HAVE A TEMPO FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WITH A LONGER PERIOD OF VCTS. WENT WITH A VCTS MENTION FOR KDAY AND KILN. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AROUND KCVG AND KLUK KEPT THUNDER MENTION OUT OF THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT NOT EXPECTING ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY OFF AND ON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 20 TO 25 KNOTS. WIND GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT HOWEVER WINDS WILL STAY UP SOME THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DUE TO THIS KEPT FOG MENTION OUT OF THE TAFS. LOWER CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT. HAVE SOME MVFR CIGS WORKING INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO THE DAY ON MONDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WORKS INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY ALLOWING FOR SOME SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE REGION. OUTLOOK...MVFR VSBYS POSSIBLE MONDAY WITH SHOWERS. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANKS NEAR TERM...FRANKS SHORT TERM...FRANKS LONG TERM...FRANKS/SITES AVIATION...NOVAK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 3:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 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.
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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, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 31 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, 7:13 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.