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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 3, 2015Grant County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2015, 7:21 PM EDT for Grant County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2015, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2015, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

County Grant County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Aug 3, 7:29 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	Williamstown, KY
Aug 3, 7:31 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Williamstown, KY
Aug 3, 7:34 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Williamstown, KY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 377 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

746 
WWUS81 KILN 032321
SPSILN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
721 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
 
KYZ095-096-032345-
GRANT KY-PENDLETON KY-
721 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN GRANT AND
SOUTHWESTERN PENDLETON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 720 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
WILLIAMSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSTOWN AND DRY RIDGE. 

THIS INCLUDES I-75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149 AND 156.
 
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 3861 8467 3867 8461 3857 8427 3856 8439
      3856 8442 3854 8442 3853 8444 3853 8446
      3854 8447 3851 8449 3851 8450 3850 8453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 297DEG 19KT 3862 8460 

$$

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The 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, 2:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Shelby	26 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, 7:27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.