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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 20, 2014Montgomery County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2014, 1:48 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2014, 1:48 PM EDT (17:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2014, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

County Montgomery County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 68 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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 20, 10:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 10:06 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:33 AM EDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
433 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-210845-
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-
433 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING WIND AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 7:58 AM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 10:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:21 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
121 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

OHZ051-061-201745-
MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH-
121 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN
MIAMI COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT...

AT 117 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PENNY SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...WEST MILTON...
TROTWOOD...VANDALIA...TIPP CITY...HUBER HEIGHTS AND DOWNTOWN DAYTON.

ALSO...UNION...ENGLEWOOD...NORTHVIEW...FORT MCKINLEY...DAYTON
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...SHILOH...GINGHAMSBURG...BRANDT...PHONETON AND
BROWN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. WATER WILL
POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

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

LAT...LON 3992 8443 3997 8443 3998 8440 3998 8404
      3984 8408 3983 8410 3978 8409 3973 8410
      3986 8448 3992 8449

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
148 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

OHZ061-201815-
MONTGOMERY OH-
148 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

AT 144 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BROOKVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...TROTWOOD AND VANDALIA.

ALSO...UNION...ENGLEWOOD...NEW LEBANON...NORTHVIEW...FORT MCKINLEY...
DREXEL AND SHILOH ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. WATER WILL
POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.

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

LAT...LON 3990 8447 3992 8438 3988 8414 3969 8432
      3981 8448

BINAU

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery	24 min
Jun 20, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene	36 min
Jun 20, 2:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	36 min
Jun 20, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene	43 min
Jun 20, 3:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Greene, Montgomery	5 hr
Jun 20, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton, Fayette	39 min
Jun 20, 3:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	37 min
Jun 20, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike	25 min
Jun 20, 3:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Montgomery	3 hr
Jun 20, 3:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Pike	3 hr
Jun 20, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield	32 min
Jun 20, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown	28 min
Jun 20, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland	50 min
Jun 20, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Vinton	31 min
Jun 20, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	25 min
Jun 20, 5:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Pike, Scioto	118 min
Jun 20, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	37 min
Jun 20, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	36 min
Jun 19, 8:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Owen	3 hr
Jun 20, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	36 min
Jun 20, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Robertson	27 min
Jun 20, 5:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Robertson	2 hr
Jun 20, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mason, Robertson	31 min
Jun 20, 2:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Wayne	114 min
Jun 20, 3:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	3 hr
Jun 20, 3:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ohio	44 min
Jun 20, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2014 Every special weather statement 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.