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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2015, 8:46 PM EDT for Pike County, Ross County, Scioto County, Ohio. 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
- May 26, 2015, 8:46 PM EDT (00:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2015, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 May 26, 7:48 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:48 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 748 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES WILL BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE FA THIS EVENING. DROPPED THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH AS THE SVR THREAT HAS MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SVR THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA THIS EVENING. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF. WENT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE START OF THE SHORT TERM. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL WEAKEN WEDNESDAY EVENING AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...PRIMARILY ACROSS NW PORTIONS OF THE FA. AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME LINGERING ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA BY THE END OF THE SHORT TERM. WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE 80S AGAIN FOR THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE 60S WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AN UNSETTLED PATTERN IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. PERIOD STARTS WITH AN UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE. A HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS CIRCULATING AROUND A SURFACE HIGH CENTERED TO THE EAST WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. SIMILAR CONDITIONS FRIDAY MAY RESULT IN A FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY AIDED BY COOLING ALOFT AS THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO ERODE. ORGANIZED AND WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WHEN A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS PUSHED SOUTHEASTWARD TO ILN BY A BROAD UPPER TROUGH. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER PARTS OF THE AREA ON TUESDAY WHEN THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO LINGER TO THE SOUTH. WARM CONDITIONS WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S ARE IN STORE FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY IN A SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FRONT. READINGS IN THE 70S ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY IN THE COOLER AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... MOIST SWRLY FLOW ALOFT IN PLACE ACRS THE OHIO VALLEY. AN EMBEDDED S/W PIVOTING THRU REGION COMBINED WITH MODERATE INSTBY LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED STORMS LATE THIS AFTN. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE COMING TO AN END. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO SHOW AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LATE TONIGHT. HAVE MAINLY MVFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING IN FOG WITH IFR AT KLUK AND IFR CONDITIONS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT AT ALL TAF LOCATIONS. THE FOG/STATUS WILL IMPROVE WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WED AFTN AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NW. AT THIS TIME HAVE A MENTION OF VCTS. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND AGAIN SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NOVAK NEAR TERM...NOVAK SHORT TERM...NOVAK LONG TERM...CONIGLIO AVIATION...AR
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 701 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015 KYZ097>100-OHZ045-046-054>056-063>065-073-074-079>082-088-272315- BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH- LICKING-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING-BROWN-HIGHLAND- ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 701 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIMING FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BEFORE 9PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY. INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>096-OHZ026-034-035-042>044- 051>053-060>062-070>072-077-078-272315- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN- CLARK-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-HAMILTON- CLERMONT- 701 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:56 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
756 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015
KYZ099-100-OHZ079-081-270030-
LEWIS KY-MASON KY-ADAMS OH-BROWN OH-
756 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN BROWN...ADAMS...
MASON AND NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...
AT 754 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LEWISBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...TOLLESBORO...
MAYSVILLE...MANCHESTER...WEST UNION AND SEAMAN.
ALSO...SOMO...RECTORVILLE...GLEN SPRINGS...MORANBURG...ABERDEEN...
RIBOLT...HERRON HILL...CHARTERS...TRINITY AND BRADYSVILLE ARE NEAR
THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
LAT...LON 3843 8358 3848 8359 3852 8364 3850 8371
3847 8381 3849 8392 3899 8371 3889 8327
3881 8326 3841 8353Local storm report, May 26, 7:57 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
757 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0623 PM TSTM WND DMG FELICITY 38.84N 84.10W
05/26/2015 CLERMONT OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON 133 AND 756.
&&
ANOVAKSpecial weather statement, May 26, 8:31 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 28 min |
| May 26, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 44 min |
| May 26, 8:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking, Pickaway | 37 min |
| May 26, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan | 35 min |
| May 27, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Shelby | 15 min |
| May 27, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Union | 30 min |
| May 27, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin | 13 min |
| May 27, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2015Every 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.