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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2014, 11:57 AM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 18 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
- Aug 12, 2014, 11:57 AM EDT (15:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2014, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Licking County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 Aug 12, 9:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 9:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 926 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE UPPER MIDWEST ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN SETTLE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... A COLD FRONT IS PUSHING EAST ACROSS WESTERN OHIO THIS MORNING AND A NARROW LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED JUST AHEAD OF IT ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO. AS WE PROGRESS INTO THIS AFTERNOON...THE BETTER INSTABILITY AND SHEAR WILL BE JUST OFF TO OUR EAST. THE LATEST HRRR SEEMS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE CURRENT SITUATION...WITH THE CURRENT LINE OF STORMS INTENSIFYING AS IT PUSHES EAST OF OUR AREA INTO THE MORE FAVORABLE AIRMASS LATER THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO SPREAD BACK IN FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS PIVOTS INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL LIKELY BE DIURNALLY ENHANCED SO EXPECT HIGHEST POPS WITH THIS ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST...DECREASING OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING AS WE START TO LOSE THE DAYTIME HEATING. EXPECT HIGHS TODAY RANGING FROM THE LOW TO MID 70S ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 70S/NEAR 80 IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY/... ANY SEMBLANCE OF SHOWERS SHOULD BE WELL EAST OF THE CWA BY NIGHTFALL. WNW WINDS AT THE SURFACE WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN THE MIDWEST WILL HELP DRIER AIR TO BE PULLED INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. NAM AND CANADIAN MODEL ARE SHOWING A POSSIBILITY OF A SPRINKLE OVER THE REGION IN THE PREDAWN HOURS WED MORNING. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR...IT IS PURELY FROM THE COLD POOL OF AIR ALOFT. ATTM...I DO NOT SEE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO ALLOW THE COLD POOL TO WRING OUT A SHOWER AND HAVE LEFT THE FORECAST DRY. ON WEDNESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KEEP THE COLD AIR OVER THE REGION WITH HIGHS STAYING IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL LINGER NORTH OF KY AND THE REAL COLD PUSH ON NORTHERLY WINDS WILL POSSIBLY SQUEEZE OUT A SHOWER WNW TO ESE OF METRO CINCY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...SLOWLY PUSHING SOUTH INTO KY BY EVENING. THE CENTER OF THE HIGH WILL SETTLE OVER THE CWA BY FRIDAY MORNING AND LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE LOWER 50S ACROSS THE AREA. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WILL FLATTEN AND BECOME MORE ZONAL OVER THE WEEKEND. 12Z MODELS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT THAT A SHORT WAVE WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY. AT THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE LATE IN THE WEEK BEFORE SLIDING OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE WEEKEND. CANNOT COMPLETELY RULE OUT SOME STORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OVER THE WEEKEND ON THE SOUTHERN FRINGE OF A MORE ACTIVE CONVECTIVE CORRIDOR ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. BUT BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES EARLY IN THE PERIOD WILL BE BELOW NORMAL BUT THEN WARM TO ABOVE NORMAL EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /13Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... IFR STRATUS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE ERN TAFS THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH MVFR FOG AT MOST LOCATIONS. NOW A SFC TROF THAT SHIFTS THE WINDS TO THE W IS PUSHING THRU INDIANA. AHEAD OF THIS TROF...AN AREA OF AC IS DEVELOPING...BUT THEN ADDITIONAL MVFR STRATUS HAS DEVELOP ACROSS INDIANA. MEANWHILE A VIGOROUS H5 S/W WILL DIG INTO THE REGION THIS AFTN...PROVIDING LIFT FOR CONVECTION. EXPECT THE STRATUS TO AFFECT THE REGION THRU 14-15Z...THEN THE AIRMASS WILL DESTABILIZE....ESPECIALLY OVER THE ERN TAFS. CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS DEVELOP PCPN ACROSS THE ERN TAFS LATE THIS MORNING...BUT LEAVE THE W DRY. FOLLOWED THIS SCENARIO BY PUTTING VCTS IN THE ERN TAFS FROM 15-18Z. AS THE UPPER TROF APPROACHES THIS AFTN A FEW SHRA COULD AFFECT THE WRN TAFS IN THE AFTN. THE H5 TROF S/W WILL WORK E AFT 00Z. THIS SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM THREAT. MVFR STRATUS COULD REDEVELOP AFT 06Z TONIGHT. OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANKS NEAR TERM...JGL SHORT TERM...FRANKS LONG TERM... AVIATION...SITES
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 10:21 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1021 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>096-OHZ026-034-035-042>045- 051>054-060>063-070>072-077-078-131430- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-MIAMI- CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-BUTLER- WARREN-CLINTON-HAMILTON-CLERMONT- 1021 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ097>100-OHZ046-055-056-064-065-073-074-079>082-088-131430- BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-DELAWARE-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PICKAWAY- FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 1021 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 12, 11:27 AM EDT, 30 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 9:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 119 min |
| Aug 11, 10:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Scioto | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield | 33 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.