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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 24, 2014Delaware County, Franklin County, Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 24, 2014, 11:24 AM EST for Delaware County, Franklin County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 23 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
Nov 24, 2014, 11:24 AM EST (16:24 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2014, 11:47 AM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Delaware County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Licking County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 402 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
402 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
405 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Nov 24, 9:41 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 9:41 AM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
941 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING
SHOWERS ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN
BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL LINGER FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
FCST FOCUS TODAY REVOLVES AROUND STRONG WINDS AND CONVECTION THIS
MORNING. STRONG SFC LOW OVER THE NRN GREAT TO CONTINUE TO DEEPEN
AS IT TRACKS NE INTO SRN CANADA. 60 KT SWRLY LLJ PIVOTING THRU
THE AREA TODAY. RAP SHOWING BLYR CAPE OF 350 J/KG ACRS W CENTRAL
OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS MARGINAL INSTBY AHD OF SFC COLD FRONT
COMBINED WITH THE STRONG DYNAMICS HAS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE TRANSLATING
WINDS UP TO 45 KTS TO THE SFC. AN ISOLATED SVR WIND GUST OF 50 KTS
OR GREATER IN A STRONGER STORM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

THIS MARGINAL INSTBY WEAKENS AND PIVOTS TO THE NE THIS MORNING.
CURRENT FCST HAS GOOD HANDLE TAKING THIS CHANCE OF THUNDER EAST
AND THEN DIMINISHING.

SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS WITH FROPA IN STRONG CAA THIS
MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. 50 TO 60 KT LOW LEVEL WILL GET
PULLED DOWN IN THE POST FRONTAL COLD ADVECTION. HAVE INCREASED
SUSTAINED WINDS AND BUMPED UP GUSTS INTO THE UPPER 40 KT RANGE.
EXPECT WINDS TO BE IN THE HIGH END WIND ADVISORY RANGE. THEREFORE...
HAVE KEPT CURRENT WIND ADVISORY HEADLINE GOING.

AFTER MORNING HIGHS IN IN STRONG LOW LEVEL CAA EXPECT EARLY HIGHS
WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO LATE AFTN READINGS RANGING FROM THE LOWER
40S NW TO THE LOWER 50S SE. HAVE ADJUSTED AFTERNOON TEMPS A LTL COLDER
IN THIS CAA.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
BY EVENING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND THE
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SLOW DOWN. LEFT OVER WRAP AROUND SHOWERS WILL
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AS THICKNESSES FALL. THERE SHOULDNT BE ANY
APPRECIABLE ACCUMULATIONS.

BY TUESDAY MORNING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN
AND SHOULD PROVIDE DRY WEATHER...ALTHOUGH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS MAY
LINGER OVER FAR NORTHERN LOCATIONS.

ON TUESDAY NIGHT...THE REGION WILL BE IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS...AS
ENERGY IN THE SRN STREAM AFFECTS THE EAST COAST AND ANOTHER S/W IS
DIGGING DOWN THROUGH THE PLAINS. MODELS ARE SHOWING A WIDE RANGE
IN THE STRENGTH AND PATH OF THIS SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW THE CONSENSUS
IS THAT THE REGION WILL REMAIN DRY ON WEDNESDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
FOCUS SHIFTS TO WEAKENING CLIPPER LOW DROPPING SE FROM THE UPPER
MS VLY WED AFTN THRU THE OHIO VALLEY WED NIGHT. NUMERICAL MODELS
HAVE BEEN FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH REGARDING HOW FAR SOUTH THIS
SYSTEM DIGS AND TIMING. LATEST DETERMINISTIC RUNS TAKING WEAK SFC
WAVE FROM CENTRAL IL LATE WED AFTN THRU THE TRI-STATE REGION WED
NIGHT. WILL BRING SNOW IN WED EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY.
SOME PCPN MIX WILL BE POSSIBLE ACRS THE SOUTHEAST. HIGHS ON
THURSDAY TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER/MID 30S NW TO LOWER 40 SE.

IN NORTHWEST FLOW AND CAA SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS PSBL THURSDAY
NIGHT. SFC HIGH PRESSURE TO QUICKLY BUILD ACRS THE REGION EARLY ON
FRIDAY WITH A RETURN FLOW DEVELOPING BY AFTN. WAA PCPN TO DEVELOP
DURG THE AFTN WITH THE BULK OF PCPN STAYING TO OUR NORTH. WILL KEEP
AREA DRY THRU FRIDAY NIGHT. CONTD COLD TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS ON
FRIDAY TO RANGING FROM THE LOWER 30S NW TO THE UPR 30S SE.

WAA PCPN LOOKS TO DEVELOP SAT AFTN BUT WITH MORE UNCERTAINTY
CREEPING INTO THE FCST REGARDING PLACEMENT/TIMING WILL LIMIT POPS TO
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. THE RAIN COULD MIX OR CHANGE TO SNOW SAT
NIGHT. GFS SOLN APPEARS TOO QUICK WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. WILL
TREND SOLN CLOSER TO SLOWER ECMWF WITH FRONT HOLDING OFF UNTIL EARLY
MONDAY. IN WAA SECTOR CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE WITH HIGHS ON SUNDAY FROM UPPER 30S
NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 40S SOUTH.

&&

.AVIATION /14Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
CONVECTIVE BAND OF SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA MAY SKIRT KDAY FOR
A PERIOD OF TIME THIS MORNING SO CHANGED VCSH TO VCTS AND HAVE AN
HOUR OF TEMPO TS HERE. REMAINING TAF SITES WILL LIKELY NOT GET
INTO THE DEEP CONVECTION AS THIS AREA IS SLATED TO MOVE NORTHEAST
FROM DAYTON AREA AS THE LARGE SCALE FORCING LIFTS NORTHEAST WITH
THE EJECTING LOW PRESSURE CENTER.

MVFR CIGS WILL BE PREVALENT IN THE 2-3KFT RANGE INTO TONIGHT WITH
SOME BREAKUP NOTED AWAY FROM KDAY AFTER ABOUT 5 OR 6. A TRAILING
EDGE OF THE SURFACE TROUGH AND CONTINUED PLACEMENT OF A VORT AXIS
AT H5 OVER THE AREA WOULD HAVE LOW STRATOCU CONTINUE AT KDAY BUT
NOT NEARLY AS LIKELY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ELSEWHERE. WINDS
WILL ALSO EXHIBIT A MARKED DECREASE TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK...MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE INTO TUESDAY. MVFR CIGS/VSBYS POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR OHZ026-034-035-
     042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.
KY...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR INZ050-058-059-
     066-073>075-080.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO/SITES
NEAR TERM...AR/SITES
SHORT TERM...SITES
LONG TERM...AR
AVIATION...FRANKS
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 24, 5:04 AM EST, 6 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
504 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-251015-
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-
504 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

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, Nov 24, 10:51 AM EST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1051 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

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

0959 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST PORTSMOUTH              38.74N 82.99W
11/24/2014  M52 MPH          SCIOTO             OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

ANOVAK
Local storm report, Nov 24, 10:57 AM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1057 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

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

0956 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST KMGY WRIGHT BROS APT    39.59N 84.22W
11/24/2014  M54.00 MPH       MONTGOMERY         OH   ASOS

1050 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST KTZR BOLTON FIELD       39.90N 83.14W
11/24/2014  M58.00 MPH       FRANKLIN           OH   AWOS

&&

HATZOS
Special weather statement, Nov 24, 11:06 AM EST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1106 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

OHZ054-055-241630-
FRANKLIN OH-MADISON OH-
1106 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MADISON AND WESTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 AM EST...

AT 1105 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH
OF LONDON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...WEST JEFFERSON...PLAIN
CITY...HILLIARD...UPPER ARLINGTON...OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY...DUBLIN
AND WORTHINGTON.

ALSO...LAKE DARBY...LINCOLN VILLAGE...AMITY...VALLEYVIEW...MARBLE
CLIFF...GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS...CLINTONVILLE AND RIVERLEA ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3998 8300 3988 8311 3978 8352 4002 8346
      4011 8337 4011 8318 4014 8317 4014 8299
      4013 8298

HATZOS
Local storm report, Nov 24, 11:11 AM EST, 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 24, 11:14 AM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1114 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

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

1103 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 5 S INDEPENDENCE        38.88N 84.55W
11/24/2014  M60 MPH          KENTON             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JDR
Local storm report, Nov 24, 11:19 AM EST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1119 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

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

1007 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST KOSU OSU AIRPORT        40.08N 83.07W
11/24/2014  M49.00 MPH       FRANKLIN           OH   ASOS

1047 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST KSGH SPRINGFIELD APT    39.84N 83.84W
11/24/2014  M51.00 MPH       CLARK              OH   AWOS

1059 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST KRID RICHMOND APT       39.76N 84.84W
11/24/2014  M49.00 MPH       WAYNE              IN   AWOS

&&

HATZOS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 7:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke, Mercer47 min
Nov 24, 8:13 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Darke, Shelby32 min
Nov 24, 8:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke, Preble42 min
Nov 24, 8:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Shelby39 min
Nov 24, 8:53 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Hamilton37 min
Nov 24, 9:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNChampaign, Clark, Montgomery27 min
Nov 24, 9:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreene, Warren31 min
Nov 24, 9:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Logan, Madison, Union24 min
Nov 24, 9:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNClark25 min
Nov 24, 10:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion30 min
Nov 24, 11:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNMadison24 min
Nov 24, 7:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNWayne28 min
Nov 24, 7:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne27 min
Nov 24, 7:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne32 min
Nov 24, 8:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNRipley35 min
Nov 24, 9:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNDearborn, Ohio, Ripley35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.