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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2015, 2:49 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2015, 2:49 AM EDT (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2015, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
Counties Auglaize County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Logan County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1978 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 1:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 1:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 131 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE CURRENTLY JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY ON MONDAY. THE COLD FRONT IS NOW EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF THE REGION BY TUESDAY...ALLOWING AN AREA OF WEAK HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD OVER THE AREA. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/... CURRENTLY MOSTLY CLEAR AHEAD OF AREA OF CONVECTION IN LOWER MICHIGAN HEADING INTO INDIANA/OHIO. BETTER DYNAMICS/INTERACTION WITH UPR JETS DOES REMAIN TO OUR NORTH...AND LOCAL REGION IS MORE STABLE AND DRIER AIRMASS...SO EXPECTING SOME WEAKENING AS THE SYSTEM GETS INTO THE FORECAST AREA...BUT STILL HAVE RAISED PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THE NORTHERN QUARTER OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WEAKENING WILL OCCUR AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA IN THE 07Z-12Z TIMEFRAME. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE SHORTWAVE FROM MONDAY MORNING WILL BE ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND SHEARING OUT. SOUNDINGS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON LOOK IMPRESSIVE ON BOTH THE NAM AND GFS. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON BOTH THE GFS AND NAM SHOW PWATS AROUND 1.50" WITH CAPE VALUES ANYWHERE FROM 3000 TO 4500 J/KG. THE NAM AGAIN IS SHOWING HIGHER CAPE VALUES AND THINK TRUE VALUES WILL BE FAVORING MORE OF THE GFS. SFC TO 6 KM SHEAR VALUES ARE AROUND 30 KTS AND LAPSE RATES LOOK DRY ADIABATIC UP TO 850 MB. DUE TO THE MENTIONED ABOVE SPC HAS PUT THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN COUNTIES IN A SLIGHT RISK. THE REST OF THE AREA IS IN A MARGINAL RISK. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. A COUPLE OF THINGS APPEAR THAT THEY WILL BE JUST OUT OF PHASE ACROSS THE AREA THOUGH. THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AXIS WILL BE JUST OVER THE AREA WITH THE BEST UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE JUST EAST OF THE CWA. A RRQ WILL ALSO SETUP OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. HIGH RES MODELS ALSO APPEAR TO BE CATCHING ON TO SOME OF THIS. LATEST NCEP AND NSSL WRF SHOWS BEST CONVECTION EAST OF THE AREA. EVEN THE NAM WITH HIGH INSTABILITY VALUES OVER THE AREA FAVORS THE EASTERN AREA OF THE CWA. EVEN WITH THE UNCERTAINTY MENTIONED ABOVE... SOME THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FIRE IN THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT WORKS THROUGH THE AREA WITH MORE THAN ENOUGH INSTABILITY. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE SEVERE. BEST COVERAGE DOES APPEAR THAT IT WILL BE ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE CWA. BY TUESDAY THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL SWING EAST OF THE AREA ALLOWING FOR UPPER LEVEL CONVERGENCE TO BRING AN END TO THE RAIN. PWATS ALSO FALL QUICKLY TO AROUND OR SLIGHTLY BELOW AN INCH TUESDAY MORNING. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS TO STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO LIFT SLIGHTLY TUESDAY NIGHT ONLY TO HANG UP AROUND THE OHIO RIVER. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO BE STALLED OUT ALONG/NEAR THE OHIO RIVER DURING THE MID-WEEK. GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY /WITH A SURFACE REFLECTION RIDING ALONG THE FRONT/ FROM LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PREVIOUS RUNS OF THE ECMWF HAD A SHORTWAVE/ASSOCIATED QPF FURTHER SOUTH BUT LATEST 12Z RUN HAS TRENDED NORTH. ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SHOW VARYING SOLUTIONS...BUT FEEL THE NEED TO INCREASE POPS FURTHER NORTH INTO THE CWA TO REFLECT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME. AM STARTING TO BECOME CONCERNED FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL. AS WE GET CLOSER...WILL HAVE TO PINPOINT DETAILS INCLUDING TRACK/GREATEST TIMING IMPACT FROM THE SHORTWAVE. HAVE CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK REGARDING THE POSITION OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND TRACK OF AN ADDITIONAL SHORTWAVE. LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS BOUNDARY MAY BE PUSHED FURTHER SOUTH ON FRIDAY...AND THE BRUNT OF A SHORTWAVE ALSO OCCURS TO OUR SOUTH. BUT GIVEN LOW CONFIDENCE WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS IN ON FRIDAY. FAVORED DRY FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH...ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO. && .AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO CROSS THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE TAF PERIOD. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTH THROUGH NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHERN INDIANA. THIS LINE WILL GRADUALLY CONTINUE TO WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT SOME SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR AT DAYTON AND COLUMBUS...AND A THUNDERSTORM IS STILL POSSIBLE AS WELL. OUTSIDE OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN VFR. WINDS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST...AND WILL BE AT THEIR STRONGEST NEAR THE TIME OF FRONTAL PASSAGE IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS IS ALSO WHEN ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE...BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO CLEAR INDICATIONS THAT ANY OF THE AIRPORTS WILL BE CERTAIN TO BE AFFECTED. OUTLOOK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HAINES NEAR TERM...JDR SHORT TERM...HAINES LONG TERM...BPP AVIATION...HATZOS
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 11:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:26 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
226 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
OHZ026-035-030700-
HARDIN OH-AUGLAIZE OH-
226 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HARDIN AND NORTHEASTERN
AUGLAIZE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM EDT...
AT 225 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ADA TO NEAR FORT SHAWNEE...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAPAKONETA...KENTON...ADA...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT SHAWNEE...
CRIDERSVILLE...CRIDERSVILLE...FOREST...DUNKIRK...ALGER...
WAYNESFIELD...BLANCHARD...MCGUFFEY...BUCKLAND...UNIOPOLIS...
PATTERSON...HEPBURN...PFEIFFER AND HUNTERSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES I-75 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 118.
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 4070 8350 4070 8344 4069 8344 4069 8342
4062 8342 4055 8422 4068 8432 4069 8422
4066 8422 4066 8411 4064 8411 4065 8388
4082 8388 4082 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0625Z 289DEG 49KT 4085 8377 4071 8424
HATZOSSpecial weather statement, Aug 3, 2:49 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
249 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
OHZ026-034-035-043-044-030715-
HARDIN OH-SHELBY OH-LOGAN OH-MERCER OH-AUGLAIZE OH-
249 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN HARDIN...
NORTHERN SHELBY...NORTHERN LOGAN...SOUTHEASTERN MERCER AND AUGLAIZE
COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM EDT...
AT 248 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WAYNESFIELD TO CELINA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLEFONTAINE...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...ST. MARYS...KENTON...
COLDWATER...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT SHAWNEE...NEW BREMEN...MINSTER...
CRIDERSVILLE...CRIDERSVILLE...ANNA...JACKSON CENTER...RUSSELLS
POINT...BOTKINS...LAKEVIEW...NEW KNOXVILLE...WAYNESFIELD AND BELLE
CENTER.
THIS INCLUDES I-75 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 118.
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 4060 8350 4040 8362 4033 8417 4038 8458
4062 8469 4066 8422 4066 8411 4064 8411
4065 8388 4069 8388 4070 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0648Z 314DEG 35KT 4059 8395 4054 8457
HATZOSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 3:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan, Shelby | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 3:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke, Miami | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 4:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette, Greene, Montgomery | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 4:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Preble | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 4:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Preble | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Shelby | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Preble | 119 min |
| Aug 3, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Hamilton | 113 min |
| Aug 3, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hamilton | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 6:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Warren | 116 min |
| Aug 3, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 6:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 118 min |
| Aug 3, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 16 min |
| Aug 3, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 7:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Highland, Pike | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hamilton | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Warren | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Kenton | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Campbell | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Grant | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Kenton | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Bracken, Pendleton | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Wayne | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 4:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Wayne | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Wayne | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Wayne | 19 min |
| Aug 3, 4:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Wayne | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fayette, Union | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 32 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.