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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 26, 2015Clinton County, Greene County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2015, 4:13 PM EDT for Clinton County, Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 23 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 26, 2015, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2015, 4:36 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clinton County, OH, Greene County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 333 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: 11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1256 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 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 Jul 26, 4:04 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 4:04 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:14 AM EDT, 10 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
514 AM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-270915-
WAYNE-FAYETTE-UNION-FRANKLIN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-
CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-
ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-
DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-
GREENE-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-
HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
514 AM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:15 PM EDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
315 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015

OHZ064-065-074-261945-
PICKAWAY OH-FAIRFIELD OH-HOCKING OH-
315 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PICKAWAY...SOUTHERN
FAIRFIELD AND CENTRAL HOCKING COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 314 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ASHVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LANCASTER...CIRCLEVILLE...LOGAN...ROYALTON...LITHOPOLIS...AMANDA...
STOUTSVILLE...SUGAR GROVE...STATE ROUTE 674 AT STATE ROUTE 188...AW
MARION STATE PARK...HIDEAWAY HILLS...BUENA VISTA IN HOCKING COUNTY...
ENTERPRISE...ILESBORO...ROCKBRIDGE...NORTH BERNE...LAKE LOGAN STATE
PARK...EAST RINGGOLD...CLEARPORT AND GIBISONVILLE.

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.

TO REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3941 8246 3965 8297 3980 8288 3980 8283
      3981 8282 3967 8237 3960 8238 3959 8234
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 297DEG 36KT 3971 8283

CONIGLIO

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:37 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
337 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015

OHZ070-071-262000-
BUTLER OH-WARREN OH-
337 PM EDT SUN JUL 26 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BUTLER AND WESTERN
WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 337 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH
MIDDLETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDDLETOWN...MASON...LEBANON...SPRINGBORO...MONROE...TRENTON...
FRANKLIN...SOUTH MIDDLETOWN...WAYNESVILLE...MORROW...HUNTER...KINGS
ISLAND...WETHERINGTON...SOUTH LEBANON...MAINEVILLE...KINGS MILLS...
HAGEMAN...MAUSTOWN...STATE ROUTE 48 AT STATE ROUTE 73 AND HUGHES.

WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.

TO REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3953 8448 3955 8410 3929 8415 3939 8451
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 279DEG 12KT 3946 8438

AR

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 3:47 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 4:11 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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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 26, 2:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Franklin, Madison	3 hr
Jul 26, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking	30 min
Jul 26, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Warren	23 min
Jul 26, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene, Montgomery	28 min
Jul 26, 4:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Pickaway	3 hr
Jul 26, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene	34 min
Jul 26, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	31 min
Jul 26, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	25 min
Jul 26, 5:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Franklin, Madison, Pickaway	3 hr
Jul 26, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	27 min
Jul 26, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont	31 min
Jul 26, 3:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.