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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 29, 2015Clinton County, Warren County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2015, 5:11 PM EDT for Clinton County, Warren County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 29, 2015, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2015, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clinton County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 2:33 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 16 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 2015-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 29, 3:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
349 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO THE REGION TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE AREA WILL THEN REMAIN IN A
NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN ALOFT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. EMBEDDED
DISTURBANCES WITHIN THIS FLOW WILL BRING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO BE BELOW NORMAL FOR LATE JUNE AND EARLY JULY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
CONCERN FOR THE NEAR TERM WILL BE TORNADO WATCH 369. THE WATCH IS
CURRENTLY OUT UNTIL 9 PM FOR OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. A WEAK
SHORTWAVE WILL BE MOVING OVERHEAD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH
VERY WEAK PVA. A WEAK SURFACE REFLECTION/ LOW WAS ANALYZED IN FAR
EASTERN ILLINOIS. A WARM FRONT ALSO EXTENDED EAST FROM THE LOW RIGHT
AROUND THE OHIO RIVER. A WEAK COLD FRONT THEN EXTENDED SOUTHWEST
FROM THE LOW INTO KENTUCKY. ALONG THE WARM FRONT SFC TO 1 KM SRH WAS
AROUND 200 M2/S2. GIVEN THESE SHEAR VALUES TORNADO WATCH 369 HAS
BEEN ISSUED.

STORMS HAVE ALSO STARTED TO FIRE ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN THE HIGHER
INSTABILITY JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA. THE WARM FRONT HAS STARTED TO
PULL NORTH AND IN THE WARM SECTOR CAPE VALUES HAVE RAPIDLY STARTED
TO RISE. CAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG ARE JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF
THE AREA ACCORDING TO THE SPC MESOANALYSIS. LATER THIS EVENING THE
WEAK LOW WILL PULL EAST ALONG WITH THE SHORTWAVE. THIS IN
COMBINATION WITH THE LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING WILL BRING A SLOW
TEMPORARY END TO RAIN. LOWS LOOK TO BE IN THE MID 60S FOR MOST OF
THE AREA.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
TOMORROW BUT COVERAGE SHOULD ONLY BE SCATTERED. RAIN CHANCES
TUESDAY WILL COME FROM ANOTHER SHORTWAVE THAT IS FORECASTED TO
ROTATE AROUND THE TROUGH AXIS. INSTABILITY TUESDAY IS ALSO
FORECASTED TO BE LOWER THAN TODAY. NAM IS SHOWING CAPE VALUES
AROUND 1500 J/KG WHILE THE GFS IS ONLY SHOWING VALUES AROUND 600
J/KG. SFC TO 1 KM SHEAR VALUES ARE IN THE 10 TO 20 KT RANGE.

TUESDAY NIGHT EXPECT THE CHANCE OF RAIN TO AGAIN DIMINISH AS THIS
NEXT SHORTWAVE PUSHES EAST. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN DIVE SOUTH
WEDNESDAY AS THE TROUGH AXIS TRIES TO LIFT NORTHEAST. THE FRONT
WILL THEN START TO LOOSE STEAM AND STALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALSO
DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL DIVE SOUTH TRYING
TO REINFORCE THE TROUGH AXIS TO THE WEST. BEHIND THE FRONT LOWER
PWAT AIR WILL HELP TO LIMIT RAIN CHANCES. AHEAD OF THE FRONT
HIGHER PWAT AIR WILL START TO POOL. GFS IS SHOWING PWATS LESS THAN
1.00" BEHIND THE FRONT WITH PWAT VALUES APPROACHING 2.00" AHEAD OF
THE FRONT. DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FRONT STALLS WILL DETERMINE WHO
GETS THE MOST RAIN. CURRENT MODEL CONSENSUS IS THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF THE CWA.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED
STATES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE WEST COAST RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS
VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD. THERE ARE SOME MODEL DISCREPANCIES WITH THE
NORTHWARD EXTENT OF THE SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVING THROUGH THE
TROUGH ON THURSDAY. AS A RESULT...HAVE STUCK CLOSE TO THE MODEL
BLEND/CURRENT FORECAST WITH THIS...RANGING POPS FROM LOW CHANCE
NORTH TO LIKELY IN THE FAR SOUTH. ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS SHORT
WAVE...WE SHOULD GET INTO A PCPN MINIMUM FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY MORNING.

HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...IT BECOMES MORE
DIFFICULT TO TIME/PLACE SHORT WAVE ENERGY IN THE TROUGHY PATTERN.
WILL THEREFORE MAINTAIN SOME LOWER CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. WITH THE TROUGH IN PLACE ACROSS THE
REGION...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONABLE
NORMALS. EXPECT AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE AND A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL AFFECT TAF SITES WITH
UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS. CEILINGS IN THE IFR RANGE WILL LINGER FOR
A COUPLE OF HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AT NORTHERN SITES DAY CMH AND
LCK. MVFR WILL CONTINUE FARTHER SOUTH AT CVG LUK AND ILN WHERE LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE IS NOT QUITE AS PREVALENT.

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT HAS SO FAR BEEN HAMPERED BY COOLER THAN
EXPECT TEMPERATURES AND LOWER INSTABILITY. KEPT THUNDERSTORMS OUT
OF THE FORECAST FOR NOW...BUT SIGNS OF ORGANIZED CONVECTION WILL
REQUIRE AMENDMENTS TO THE FORECAST.

IMPROVEMENT TO VFR WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT WHEN THE LOW CENTER
IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND WEAKEN. MORE SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP
ON TUESDAY WHEN ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO SWING
ACROSS THE AREA.

WINDS WILL SHIFT WITH RESPECT TO THE LOCATION OF THE LOW...WITH
SOUTH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST BY THE END OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD.

OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON OCCASION FROM WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...HAINES
NEAR TERM...HAINES
SHORT TERM...HAINES
LONG TERM...JGL
AVIATION...CONIGLIO
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 2:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
258 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-
060>062-070-071-077-301900-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-
DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-
MONTGOMERY-GREENE-BUTLER-WARREN-HAMILTON-
258 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION TODAY. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED
TO REMAIN LOW...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

KYZ089>100-OHZ063>065-072>074-078>082-088-301900-
CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-
ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-CLINTON-ROSS-
HOCKING-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
258 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AS AN AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE AND COLD
FRONT ADVANCE EAST TOWARD OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP. IF ENOUGH
INSTABILITY CAN BE REALIZED...A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT. HOWEVER...ISOLATED LARGE HAIL CAN NOT BE RULED
OUT.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 3:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
335 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015

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

0335 PM     HEAVY RAIN       LEBANON                 39.43N 84.21W
06/29/2015  M1.50 INCH       WARREN             OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.5 INCHES FELL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS

&&

JGIBSON
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
341 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015

KYZ100-OHZ081-088-292015-
LEWIS KY-ADAMS OH-SCIOTO OH-
341 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN SCIOTO...
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 340 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HERRON
HILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...VANCEBURG.

ALSO...CONCORD...CHARTERS...CARRS...ROME...SANDY SPRINGS...BUENA
VISTA...TURKEY CREEK LAKE...REXTON AND GARRISON ARE NEAR THE PATH OF
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

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 3880 8316 3856 8312 3857 8358 3868 8362
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
405 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015

KYZ097>099-292030-
MASON KY-ROBERTSON KY-BRACKEN KY-
405 PM EDT MON JUN 29 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BRACKEN...ROBERTSON AND
MASON COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 406 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNT
OLIVET...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...MOUNT OLIVET AND
MAYSVILLE.

ALSO...MITCHELLS MILL...BLUE LICKS BATTLEFIELD...BURIKA...
STONEWALL...ABIGAIL...SARDIS...ALHAMBRA...LOWELL...FLEMING-MASON
AIRPORT AND SOMO ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3845 8409 3848 8416 3860 8418 3867 8378
      3865 8377 3864 8371 3851 8369 3845 8385
      3848 8394 3844 8398 3843 8402
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike46 min
Jun 29, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike, Scioto37 min
Jun 29, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNScioto33 min
Jun 29, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Scioto42 min
Jun 29, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto31 min
Jun 29, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWarren22 min
Jun 29, 5:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAdams, Scioto4 hr
Jun 29, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland30 min
Jun 29, 6:00 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBrown, Clinton, Highland30 min
Jun 29, 6:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNScioto3 hr
Jun 29, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown, Highland31 min
Jun 29, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown, Pike31 min
Jun 29, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams29 min
Jun 29, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBracken, Mason51 min
Jun 29, 3:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMason29 min
Jun 29, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNOwen27 min
Jun 29, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLewis34 min
Jun 29, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMason, Robertson25 min
Jun 29, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLewis25 min
Jun 29, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreenup26 min
Jun 29, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreenup30 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.