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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 8, 2015Bracken County, Mason County, Robertson County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 2015, 6:16 PM EDT for Bracken County, Mason County, Robertson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 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
Apr 8, 2015, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bracken County, KY, Mason County, KY, Robertson County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2015-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 487 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 12:00Z on 2015-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
487 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 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 Apr 8, 4:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 4:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
442 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BRING OCCASIONAL SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A DRIER
AIRMASS SETTLING INTO THE REGION FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
THE AIRMASS ACROSS OUR AREA IS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE MCS THAT
MOVED THROUGH EARLIER TODAY. WHILE SKIES HAVE GONE MOSTLY
CLEAR...SURFACE TEMPS ARE STILL JUST IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S
ACROSS OUR AREA. THERE IS A WEAK REMNANT BOUNDARY JUST OFF TO OUR
SOUTHWEST THAT SHOULD BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY BACK TO THE NORTHEAST
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
REESTABLISHES ITSELF. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME BETTER SURFACED
BASED INSTABILITIES TO DEVELOP ACROSS AT LEAST OUR SOUTHWESTERN FA
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING AND OUR BROADER SEVERE THREAT
WILL DEPEND ON HOW FAR NORTHEAST THIS MAKES IT. WITH GOOD LOW
LEVEL SHEAR IN PLACE...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE AN
ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS
THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A
CONCERN WITH A BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA AND THE POSSIBILITY OF
SOME TRAINING STORMS. AS A RESULT...HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR FA. THIS IS THE
AREA THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN THE LAST FEW DAYS AND
ALSO LINES UP WHERE BOTH THE NAM-WRF AND LAST SEVERAL RUNS OF THE HRRR
ARE TRYING TO CONGEAL SOME OF THE STORMS THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING.
&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
PCPN CHANCES ON THURSDAY WILL BE AT LEAST SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON
HOW THINGS PLAY OUT TONIGHT AND WHAT KIND OF LINGERING BOUNDARIES/DEBRIS
CLOUDS ARE IN PLACE. AS A RESULT...IT IS TOUGH TO NAIL DOWN TIMING
FOR POPS ON THURSDAY. HOWEVER...IN BROAD SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND
WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED MID LEVEL SHORTWAVES LIFTING THROUGH THE
REGION...WILL BROAD BRUSH TO A DEGREE AND GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR
MUCH OF THE DAY THURSDAY. ASSUMING WE ARE ABLE TO SUFFICIENTLY
DESTABILIZE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...SHEAR PROFILES WILL BE
SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE STORMS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE
QUESTION. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
WITH PCPN TAPERING OFF WEST TO EAST. HIGH PRESSURE AND A DRIER
AIRMASS WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE REGION FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.
&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
PERIOD STARTS TRANQUIL BUT ACTIVE WEATHER IS FORECAST TO RETURN
EARLY NEXT WEEK. A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS
THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING A DRY SPELL THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A WAVY FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTAINING
ABUNDANT DEEP MOISTURE WILL DEVELOP...RESULTING IN A GOOD CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. THOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO GIVE
AN ACCURATE PREDICTION FOR COVERAGE...DURATION AND INTENSITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS FOR A PARTICULAR LOCATION...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION FOR THE FIRST HALF OF
NEXT WEEK.

EXPECT BELOW NORMAL HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S SATURDAY UNDER
COLD ADVECTION ON A NORTHERLY FLOW AROUND HIGH PRESSURE.
TEMPERATURES WILL SHOW A WARMING TREND STARTING ON SUNDAY AS THE LOW
LEVEL FLOW TURNS SOUTHERLY...WITH HIGHS REACHING AROUND 70 IN MOST
LOCATIONS BY WEDNESDAY.
&&

.AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
BRUNT OF THE MCS HAD MOVED EAST OF THE TERMINALS AS OF 17Z. STILL
MAY HOLD ONTO MVFR CONDITIONS AT KCMH/KLCK FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS...BUT TREND FOR A RETURN TO VFR IS LIKELY THROUGH THE REST
OF THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS LIKELY TO BE SOME RE-DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATER IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING TIMING AND PLACEMENT...HOWEVER CONSENSUS IS FOR
KCVG/KLUK TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION AND HAVE INCLUDED
A TEMPO GROUP. JUST HAVE VCTS FOR THE REMAINING TERMINALS THIS
EVENING.

QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY REMAINS IN PLACE TONIGHT/THURSDAY.
DISTURBANCES RIDING ALONG THE BOUNDARY WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. THERE MAY BE AN OVERNIGHT
LULL BUT THUNDERSTORMS MAY RETURN AS EARLY AS THURSDAY MORNING TO
THE TERMINALS.

OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. GUSTY WEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR OHZ060>063-
     070>073-077>082-088.
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR INZ050-058-059-
     066-073>075-080.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JGL
NEAR TERM...JGL
SHORT TERM...JGL
LONG TERM...CONIGLIO
AVIATION...BPP
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 3:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
353 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ060>063-070>073-077>082-
088-092000-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-
FAYETTE OH-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-
HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
353 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING
THREAT...THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL SEVERE THREAT. DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-064-065-074-092000-
HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-
CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-
HOCKING-
353 PM EDT WED APR 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY
OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING
THREAT...THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL SEVERE THREAT. DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 8, 2:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
227 PM EDT WED APR 08 2015

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

1118 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S SABINA              39.43N 83.63W
04/08/2015                   CLINTON            OH   PUBLIC

            THREE POWER POLES DOWN ON SR 72 JUST SOUTH OF SR 729.

&&

KURZ
Local storm report, Apr 8, 2:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
248 PM EDT WED APR 08 2015

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

1127 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SW HILLSBORO          39.18N 83.65W
04/08/2015                   HIGHLAND           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            ONE LARGE TREE BROKEN IN HALF ON HOLLADAY ROAD.

&&

KURZ
Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
318 PM EDT WED APR 08 2015

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

1224 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 N CHILLICOTHE         39.38N 82.99W
04/08/2015  M53 MPH          ROSS               OH   OTHER FEDERAL

            RAWS SITE

&&

BINAU
Local storm report, Apr 8, 3:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 8, 5:22 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
522 PM EDT WED APR 08 2015

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

1030 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 S COLLINSVILLE        39.50N 84.61W
04/08/2015                   BUTLER             OH   NWS STORM SURVEY

            BARN AND HOUSE ROOF DAMAGED DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
            WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 80-90 MPH.

&&

JIML
Local storm report, Apr 8, 6:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
616 PM EDT WED APR 08 2015

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

0615 PM     HAIL             OWENTON                 38.54N 84.84W
04/08/2015  M0.75 INCH       OWEN               KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

BC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 9:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMiami, Montgomery, Preble43 min
Apr 8, 9:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby36 min
Apr 8, 10:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery, Preble43 min
Apr 8, 10:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Hamilton34 min
Apr 8, 10:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami44 min
Apr 8, 10:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Greene, Warren42 min
Apr 8, 10:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery42 min
Apr 8, 10:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and 1 more34 min
Apr 8, 10:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland, Warren43 min
Apr 8, 10:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont, Highland36 min
Apr 8, 10:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Madison35 min
Apr 8, 11:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Fayette, Greene, Madison36 min
Apr 8, 11:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont45 min
Apr 8, 11:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Highland and 3 more49 min
Apr 8, 11:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway38 min
Apr 8, 11:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown, Clermont41 min
Apr 8, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Hocking, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto39 min
Apr 8, 12:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield, Licking52 min
Apr 8, 12:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown49 min
Apr 8, 3:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchILNAdams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more41 hr
Apr 8, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown42 min
Apr 8, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clermont44 min
Apr 8, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown53 min
Apr 8, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike35 min
Apr 8, 11:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton39 min
Apr 8, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRobertson19 min
Apr 8, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis26 min
Apr 8, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Owen33 min
Apr 8, 6:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNGrant, Owen3 hr
Apr 8, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Owen, Pendleton49 min
Apr 8, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Carroll, Gallatin38 min
Apr 8, 7:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBracken, Grant, Pendleton3 hr
Apr 8, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton18 min
Apr 8, 9:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne41 min
Apr 8, 9:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne41 min

Nearby

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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.