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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 14, 20155 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2015, 4:08 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 14, 2015, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Highland County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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
Jul 14, 12:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -243 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 Jul 14, 3:38 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:38 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
338 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS
ACROSS THE FA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER WILL
CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH WITH DAMAGING
WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. IN ADDITION HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO
ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS. DUE TO HAVE KEPT THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NOW.  PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF
TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL LINGER ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF
THE FA OVERNIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
COOLER AIR WILL WORK INTO THE REGION FOR WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOW 80S. CU WILL DEVELOP DURING
THE DAY. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO DROP DOWN INTO THE 50S ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS.
WARMER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WORK INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MIDDLE 80S.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL BRING PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO MAINLY
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES
DOWN SOME ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA HOWEVER EXPECT WARMER
TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA. WARMER
AIR WILL BE IN PLACE FOR SUNDAY WITH 90S ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS ADDITIONAL
DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR THE
LONG TERM ARE ON MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL DIG SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TODAY
INTO TONIGHT. THIS ENERGY ALONG WITH A PREFRONTAL TROF WILL RESULT
IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN TAF
SITES AROUND 18Z...INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND DIVING SOUTHEAST
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH 22Z. MVFR
CIGS/VSBYS AND LOCAL IFR VSBYS IN HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. ONLY
SCATTERED LINGER SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS CONVECTION THIS
EVENING.

FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO THE
REGION. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BRING THE DEVELOPMENT OF
MIST AND STRATUS. COULD SEE CEILINGS DROP BELOW 1000 FEET...AND
HAVE PLACED THIS IN THE TAFS.

ON WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN FROM THE
NORTH. LOW LEVEL CLOUDS SHOULD MIX AND SCATTERED OUT AS VFR
CUMULUS CLOUDS BY MID AFTERNOON.

OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR OHZ026-034-
     035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR INZ050-058-
     059-066-073>075-080.

&&

SYNOPSIS...NOVAK
NEAR TERM...NOVAK
SHORT TERM...NOVAK
LONG TERM...NOVAK
AVIATION...HICKMAN

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 3:58 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 3:45 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
345 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

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

0323 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 SSE WILMINGTON        39.42N 83.82W
07/14/2015  M60 MPH          CLINTON            OH   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            MEASURED AT NWS ILN OFFICE.

&&

KC

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby	37 min
Jul 13, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke	33 min
Jul 13, 10:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke	35 min
Jul 13, 10:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby	3 hr
Jul 13, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	34 min
Jul 13, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	29 min
Jul 13, 10:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Darke, Mercer	6 hr
Jul 13, 11:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami	25 min
Jul 13, 11:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby	3 hr
Jul 13, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	29 min
Jul 13, 11:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Shelby	3 hr
Jul 13, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Montgomery, Warren	41 min
Jul 13, 11:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	33 min
Jul 14, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown, Clermont	24 min
Jul 14, 12:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	30 min
Jul 14, 12:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	3 hr
Jul 14, 12:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Logan, Madison, Union	3 hr
Jul 14, 12:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	32 min
Jul 14, 12:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hocking	3 hr
Jul 14, 12:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton, Highland, Ross	39 min
Jul 14, 1:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking, Pickaway, Pike, Ross	30 min
Jul 14, 2:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan	35 min
Jul 14, 4:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan, Union	32 min
Jul 14, 4:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Darke, Mercer	9 hr
Jul 14, 11:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize	33 min
Jul 14, 12:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin	41 min
Jul 14, 12:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer	38 min
Jul 14, 12:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer	3 hr
Jul 14, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	36 min
Jul 14, 12:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hardin	3 hr
Jul 14, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Logan, Shelby	36 min
Jul 14, 12:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Union	39 min
Jul 14, 1:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke	37 min
Jul 14, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Union	50 min
Jul 14, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign	32 min
Jul 14, 1:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Logan, Shelby	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign	27 min
Jul 14, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	26 min
Jul 14, 1:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Licking	38 min
Jul 14, 1:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware, Union	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union	30 min
Jul 14, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Madison	49 min
Jul 14, 2:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Union	44 min
Jul 14, 2:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Madison, Miami, Union	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	31 min
Jul 14, 2:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clark, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark	24 min
Jul 14, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	38 min
Jul 14, 2:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield, Pickaway	28 min
Jul 14, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene	26 min
Jul 14, 2:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Franklin	2 hr
Jul 14, 2:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clark, Fairfield, Fayette, Licking, Madison, Pickaway	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Montgomery, Warren	39 min
Jul 14, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Madison, Pickaway, Ross	39 min
Jul 14, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland, Warren	50 min
Jul 14, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross	47 min
Jul 14, 3:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami	6 hr
Jul 14, 3:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Warren	26 min
Jul 14, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Ross	49 min
Jul 14, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland, Warren	41 min
Jul 14, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Ross	43 min
Jul 14, 3:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fayette, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross	3 hr
Jul 14, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	36 min
Jul 14, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	48 min
Jul 14, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	61 min
Jul 14, 4:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Ross, Scioto	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	37 min
Jul 14, 5:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Scioto	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Highland	23 min
Jul 14, 12:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Gallatin	13 min
Jul 14, 12:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant	30 min
Jul 14, 12:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Owen	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant, Pendleton	22 min
Jul 14, 1:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Boone, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:55 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Carroll, Owen	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Boone, Bracken, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 5 more	3 hr
Jul 14, 5:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Carroll, Owen	4 hr

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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.