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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2014, 3:39 AM EDT for Pike County, Ross County, Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 20, 2014, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2014, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
Counties Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 917 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Aug 20, 1:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 1:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 158 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2014 .SYNOPSIS... MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEK. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL ALLOW FOR OFF AND ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER INDIANA ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FA OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY STILL REACH STRONG TO SEVERE LIMITS HOWEVER BELIEVE THAT ANY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE ISOLATED. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. MADE ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES FOR THE OVERNIGHT TIME FRAME. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY/... THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON WEDNESDAY WILL ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA CLOSER TO THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A BREAK IN THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING. A DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO WORK INTO THE AREA WITH NW FLOW ALOFT LATE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS FEATURE WILL BE ACROSS SW PORTIONS OF THE FA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S. LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN INTO THE 60S. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE POSITIONED OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL PUT THE ILN AREA ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE UPPER RIDGE. IN THIS REGIME...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AND THE AIRMASS WILL BE HUMID. THIS WILL RESULT IN UNSTABLE CONDITIONS LEADING TO SEVERAL ROUNDS OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. FOR THURSDAY...A RATHER POTENT SHORT WAVE ROUNDING THE UPPER RIDGE IS SHOWN TO ENTER THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. COOLER AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE WILL HELP TO STEEPEN LAPSE RATES AND PRODUCE THE LIKELIHOOD FOR THUNDERSTORM FORMATION BY THURSDAY EVENING. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...A VERY SIMILAR UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL PRODUCE GOOD CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...PARTICULARLY IN EASTERN COUNTIES CLOSER TO SHORT WAVE FORCING. THE UPPER RIDGE MAY SAG SOUTHWARD ON TUESDAY...ALLOWING A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. MOS GUIDANCE AND 1000-850 MB THICKNESS FORECASTS POINT TO THE WARMEST WEATHER WE WILL EXPERIENCE THIS SUMMER. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S...WITH HIGHER READINGS TENDING TO BE IN SOUTHWEST COUNTIES WHERE SUNSHINE SHOULD BE MORE PREVALENT CLOSER TO THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS. && .AVIATION /06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... AN EMBEDDED UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE IS MOVING THROUGH THE CWFA EARLY THIS MORNING. TSRA WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WIND WILL AFFECT THE KCVG...KLUK AND KILN TERMINALS BETWEEN 06Z AND 08Z. KDAY IS ON THE NRN PERIPHERY OF CONVECTION. HAVE GONE WITH VCTS AT KCMH/KLCK BETWEEN 08Z AND 12Z. LOW LEVEL FORCING MAY WEAKEN BY THE TIME STORMS GET THIS FAR EAST BUT WILL AMEND THESE TAFS IF NECESSARY. WITH RECENT RAIN AND CLEARING SKIES ACROSS THE WEST TOWARD SUNRISE...MODELS SUGGEST THAT STRATUS AND SOME FOG MAY FORM. BEST CHANCE IS WHERE IT WILL RAIN THE MOST AND HAVE PLACED SOME MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AT KCVG...KLUK AND KILN. STORMS WILL EXIT EAST OF KCMH/KLCK BY 12Z WHILE FOG/STRATUS DISSIPATE THROUGH 15Z. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARDS OUR ERN REGION BETWEEN 15Z AND 18Z. MODELS SUGGEST THAT SOME CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP NEAR KCMH/KLCK BEFORE IT SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST. THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE AT THIS TIME SO HAVE LEFT THE TERMINALS DRY. REGION SHOULD BE MAINLY CONVECTION FREE BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS FRONT LAYS OUT ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. MID LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE MID SECTION OF THE COUNTRY TONIGHT. STALLED BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO PIVOT SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION ONCE AGAIN. THERE COULD BE SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION AFTER 06Z...MAINLY ACROSS THE WEST AS A WEAK LOW LEVEL JET TRIES TO KICK IN. HAVE PLACED A VCTS/CB AT THE KCVG 30 HOUR TERMINAL FOR NOW. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NOVAK NEAR TERM...NOVAK SHORT TERM...NOVAK LONG TERM...CONIGLIO AVIATION...HICKMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 9:16 PM EDT, 6 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 916 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065- 070>072-077-210130- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-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-HAMILTON- 916 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY REACH STRONG TO SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. INZ075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ073-074-078>082-088-210130- OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-BROWN- HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 916 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 19, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 8:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 1:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 1:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hamilton | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 1:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 21 min |
| Aug 20, 1:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 2:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin, Logan, Shelby | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 2:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown, Highland | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 2:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 3:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 3:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pike, Ross, Scioto | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 3:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 24 min |
| Aug 20, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 12:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 1:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Grant | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 2:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Gallatin | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 2:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Grant | 20 min |
| Aug 20, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Owen | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Kenton | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 21 min |
| Aug 20, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton, Robertson | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mason | 23 min |
| Aug 19, 11:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette, Union | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne | 53 min |
| Aug 20, 12:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 47 min |
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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.