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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2015, 5:55 PM EDT for Grant County, Owen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 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 30, 2015, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2015, 6:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Grant County, KY, Owen County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 30, 5:15 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 5:15 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 515 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DROP INTO THE REGION TONIGHT THEN A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION FOR WEDNESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL SWING EAST THROUGH KENTUCKY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... LINE OF CONVECTION IS ARCING FROM EXTREME SE INDIANA ACROSS NRN KENTUCKY AND ACROSS TO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. THIS CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTHWARD. MEANWHILE ADDITIONAL CONVECTION CONTINUES DEVELOP BACK A LITTLE FARTHER WEST IN SRN INDIANA. 18Z HRRR HAD THE CONVECTION CONTINUING TO BUBBLE UP FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND POSSIBLY DRIFTING INTO THE FA. IN ADDITION SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL MOVE IN FROM NW INDIANA INTO THE WEST CENTRAL COUNTIES. OVERALL...CONVECTION WILL DIE DOWN BY MIDNIGHT. AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO BUILD IN. LOWS WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE UPPER 50S IN THE NW...AND THE LOWER 60S ELSEWHERE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SRN GREAT LAKES WILL KEEP THE NORTH DRY ON WEDNESDAY. THE STALLED...WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ACT TO HELP SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ACROSS KENTUCKY. BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT A LOW PRESSURE WILL BE DEVELOPING IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IT WILL SWING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY. AHEAD OF IT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND WILL AFFECT KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHERN OHIO. KEPT HIGH CHANCE POPS ACROSS NRN KY INTO SRN OHIO AS THE SYSTEM SLIPS BY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 70S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... UPPER TROUGH RESIDING OVER EASTERN CONUS WILL KEEP UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE REGION. LACK OF STRONG FORCING SHOULD RESULT IN SCATTERED TO ISOLATED CONVECTION UNTIL A COLD FRONT BRINGS A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. MAIN CONCERN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP MAINLY IN SOUTHERN LOCATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF A STALLED BOUNDARY. A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR SUNDAY WHEN A RATHER LARGE SURGE OF MOISTURE IS SHOWN TO ARRIVE ON A SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW. EXPECT A RELATIVE LULL IN CONVECTION MONDAY WHEN MODELS INDICATE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE. COLD FRONT COULD BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOST LOCATIONS ON TUESDAY. WITH LOWER THAN AVERAGE 500 MB HEIGHTS AND THE PRESENCE OF CLOUDS AND PRECIP COUPLED WITH A LACK OF STRONG WARM ADVECTION...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE A BIT BELOW NORMAL. HIGHS ARE FORECAST TO BE AROUND 80 EACH DAY...COMPARED TO NORMAL HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. && .AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... CONVECTION IS FIRING ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE WITH THE END OF DAYTIME HEATING. BKN VFR TO OCCASIONALLY MVFR CLOUDS WILL SCATTER OUT THIS EVENING WITH FOG DEVELOPING TOWARDS DAYBREAK ALONG WITH SOME LIFR CIGS AT KCVG/KLUK AND POSSIBLY KILN. SKIES SHOULD LIFT AND SCATTER TOMORROW MORNING IN A LESS FAVORABLE AIRMASS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANKS/SITES NEAR TERM...SITES SHORT TERM...SITES LONG TERM...CONIGLIO AVIATION...FRANKS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 8:01 AM EDT, 9 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 801 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-011215- 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- 801 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015 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 DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH A CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:58 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
458 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
KYZ095>097-302130-
PENDLETON KY-BRACKEN KY-GRANT KY-
458 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL GRANT...SOUTHWESTERN
BRACKEN AND SOUTHERN PENDLETON COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...
AT 456 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
WILLIAMSTOWN LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...FALMOUTH.
ALSO...KNOXVILLE...CAMP NORTHWARD...GOFORTH...MARCUS...GENE SNYDER
AIRPORT...MORGAN...BROWNING CORNER...MCKINNEYSBURG...NEAVE AND
MILFORD ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
LAT...LON 3863 8469 3877 8458 3866 8412 3855 8417
3855 8421 3856 8422 3858 8421 3856 8438
3856 8441 3853 8443 3853 8446Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:03 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
503 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
OHZ034-035-302145-
AUGLAIZE OH-MERCER OH-
503 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MERCER AND NORTHWESTERN
AUGLAIZE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 501 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TAMA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...CELINA AND ST. MARYS.
ALSO...TAMA...MENDON...NEPTUNE...BULKHEAD...KOSSUTH AND MONTEZUMA 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.
LAT...LON 4065 8430 4043 8445 4060 8479 4074 8470
4073 8460Local storm report, Jun 30, 5:15 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
515 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0151 PM TSTM WND DMG NNE NEW MARION 39.01N 85.36W
06/30/2015 RIPLEY IN EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN NEAR THE NEW MARION
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.
&&
KCLocal storm report, Jun 30, 5:19 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 9:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ross | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Highland | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 2:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ross | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 2:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Highland, Ross | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 17 min |
| Jun 30, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 40 min |
| Jun 30, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ross | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pike | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 3:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland, Pike, Ross and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown | 25 min |
| Jun 30, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 4:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Scioto | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 5:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 1:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Kenton | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 3:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Grant | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Gallatin | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 4:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Gallatin | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Carroll | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Owen | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Grant, Owen | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Grant | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 6:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 25 min |
| Jun 30, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 23 min |
| Jun 30, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Gallatin | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Dearborn, Ripley | 25 min |
| Jun 30, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ripley | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Dearborn, Ripley | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ohio, Ripley | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ripley | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 6:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Ripley | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ohio | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 28 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.