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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 20, 2014Pike County, Ross County, Scioto County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 917 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 00:00Z on 2014-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize45 min
Aug 19, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke35 min
Aug 19, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware30 min
Aug 19, 8:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize33 min
Aug 19, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHardin32 min
Aug 19, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware29 min
Aug 20, 12:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Hamilton34 min
Aug 20, 1:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Warren46 min
Aug 20, 1:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHamilton31 min
Aug 20, 1:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton21 min
Aug 20, 1:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton, Warren26 min
Aug 20, 2:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHardin, Logan, Shelby48 min
Aug 20, 2:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown, Highland30 min
Aug 20, 2:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown, Highland37 min
Aug 20, 3:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion30 min
Aug 20, 3:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike, Ross, Scioto30 min
Aug 20, 3:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware24 min
Aug 20, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont33 min
Aug 20, 12:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGallatin, Grant, Owen32 min
Aug 20, 1:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGrant27 min
Aug 20, 2:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGallatin26 min
Aug 20, 2:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNCarroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen2 hr
Aug 20, 3:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLewis41 min
Aug 20, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCarroll25 min
Aug 20, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBoone25 min
Aug 20, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGrant20 min
Aug 20, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNOwen30 min
Aug 20, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBoone, Campbell, Kenton47 min
Aug 20, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Kenton21 min
Aug 20, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBracken, Pendleton, Robertson40 min
Aug 20, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMason23 min
Aug 19, 11:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette, Union36 min
Aug 20, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne53 min
Aug 20, 12:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDearborn, Franklin, Ripley29 min
Aug 20, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDearborn, Franklin, Ripley47 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.