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Wind Chill Advisory 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

February 14, 201519 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 14, 2015, 9:49 AM EST for 19 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Feb 15, 2015, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2015, 9:49 AM EST (14:49 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 15, 2015, 9:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 15, 2015, 12:03 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH

Counties Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2015-02-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 296 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
373 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 wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Feb 14, 6:42 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 6:42 AM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
642 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT
TODAY. THIS ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL OFFER WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS AND
SNOW SQUALLS ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE SUBZERO WIND CHILLS FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ON SUNDAY
OFFERING DRY WEATHER BUT VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM SLIGHTLY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT WILL REMAIN BE BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
DIGGING S/W TROF TO DROP SE FROM CENTRAL CANADA THRU THE GREAT LAKES
TODAY. ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT TO DROP SOUTH THRU ILN/S FA SOUTH
OF THE OHIO RIVER BY 18Z. 8H TEMPERATURES DROP TO BETWEEN -22 TO -24
DEG C BY 00Z SUNDAY. IN STRONG LOW LEVEL CAA...LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES
STEEPEN ALLOWING INSTBY TO DEVELOP. SFC LOW AND UPPER LEVEL JET ARE
STRONGER AND THEREFORE THE STRENGTH OF CAA IS STRONGER THAN THE WED
NIGHT/THURS SYSTEM. EXPECT WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP IN THE
COLD AIR WITH MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING AN INCH OR LESS. LOCALLY UP
TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS OVER THE NE
WHERE CAA IS STRONGEST. BTV SNOW SQUALL PARAMETER SUGGESTS THAT THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS
WITH REDUCED VSBYS AND QUICK SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE PSBL IN THE
CONVECTION SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTN.

MIXING TECHNIQUE APPLIED TO FCST SOUNDINGS YIELDS WIND GUSTS UP TO
36 KTS. WIND FIELDS ON GFS ARE STRONGER THAN NAM AND HAVE TRENDED
A LTL STRONGER IN THE FCST BUT GENERALLY SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE. WILL
CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THESE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW SQUALLS IN THE
HWO AND SPS PRODUCTS. EXPECT FALLING TEMPERATURES IN THE STRONG
CAA WITH READINGS BY LATE AFTN FROM THE LOWER TEENS NW TO AROUND
20 SE. THESE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS
WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO. HAVE ISSUED WIND CHILL
ADVISORIES OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR ALL BUT THE FAR SW COUNTIES...
WHERE WIND CHILLS STAY ABOVE 10 BELOW.

SYSTEM SNOW SHOWERS TO COME TO AN END BUT FAVORABLE FETCH OFF LAKE
MICHIGAN WILL LEAD TO SNOW SHOWERS OFF INTO THE WHITEWATER/MIAMI
VALLEYS. ALL PCPN TO COME TO AN END OVER TONIGHT WITH H8 TEMPS OF
-23 TO -26 DEG C SETTLING INTO THE STATE. VERY COLD LOWS RANGING
FROM AROUND 5 BELOW ACRS THE NORTH TO AROUND 5 ABOVE FAR SOUTH.
WIND CHILL VALUES AS COLD AS 24 BELOW NORTH AND 5 TO 10 BELOW FAR
SOUTH.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. EXPECT A
VERY COLD DAY WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH TO
THE MID TEENS SOUTH. NEW RECORD LOW MAX TEMPS FOR SUNDAY MAY FALL.
THE CURRENT RECORDS ARE 12/CMH IN 1920...11/DAY IN 1920 AND 13/CVG
ALSO IN 1920.

MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS TO INCREASE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY. CONTINUED COLD TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS FROM 5
BELOW NORTH TO AROUND 5 ABOVE SOUTH. WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD...
WINDS WILL DIMINISH AND WILL NOT BE A FACTOR. THEREFORE...HAVE
ALLOWED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORIES TO END DURG THE DAY SUNDAY.

PRECIPITATION FROM NEXT SYSTEM LOOKS TO STAY SOUTH OF ILN/S FA
MONDAY. THERE WILL BE SOME MODERATION TO TEMPS WITH HIGHS FROM THE
MID TEENS NORTH TO THE MID 20S SOUTH.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
A SFC LOW CROSSING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES ON TUESDAY WILL SEE A
COLD FRONT CROSS THE REGION. EARLIER FORECASTS HAD A SOUTHERN LOW
INTERACT WITH THIS FRONT TO BRING LOW POPS TO THE REGION. LATEST
THINKING IS A QUICK EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN SYSTEM THAT REMAINS
SOUTH OF OHVLY WHICH WILL HAVE ME CONTINUE TO LOWER THE CHANCE OF
PRECIP SO IT STAYS OUT OF THE FORECAST.

WHAT LITTLE WARMING TO COME OUT OF THE SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE
FRONT ON TUESDAY WILL SEE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE EXTENDED WITH HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...FOLLOWED BY ABOUT A 10 DEG DROP ON
WEDNESDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE IN THE MIDWEST WILL THEN EXERT A NW WIND IN THE OHIO
VALLEY TO KEEP THE RELATIVELY COLD AIRMASS IN PLACE FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST. A PASSING SNOW SHOWER DOWNSTREAM
OF LAKE MICHIGAN CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR ANY DAY BUT SHOULD NOT BE
THE RULE FOR ANY AREA AND HAS BEEN LEFT OUT FOR NOW.

FRIDAY MAY SEE A WARMUP IF THE HIGH CAN POSITION ITSELF EAST OF THE
REGION. RIGHT NOW IT SPLITS THE MODELS AND I WAS HESITANT TO BRING A
WARM AIRMASS IN GIVEN CURRENT TRENDS. KEPT IT COLDER FOR NOW.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
POTENT COLD FRONT WILL BRING NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS TO TAF SITES
STARTING AROUND 14Z AT CMH AND LCK. BASED ON LATEST MODEL TRENDS
HAVE BACKED OFF SLIGHTLY ON TIMING. EXPECT MAIN EFFECTS TO BE AT
CMH AND LCK CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW THAT IS DRIVING THE COLD
FRONT WHERE LIFR VISIBILITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SHSN BLSN. REST
OF SITES SHOULD SEE IFR...THOUGH THERE IS LOWER CONFIDENCE OF
THIS AT CVG AND LUK FARTHER FROM THE SYSTEM. AFTER SNOW SHOWERS
DIMINISH THIS EVENING...MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
END OF THE FORECAST. WIND GUSTS WELL OVER 30 KNOTS FROM THE WEST
TO NORTHWEST WILL OCCUR IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT SURROUNDING
THE FRONT.

OUTLOOK...MVFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST SUNDAY
     FOR OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-080-
     082.
     WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST
     SUNDAY FOR OHZ077>079-081-088.
KY...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST
     SUNDAY FOR KYZ091>093-097>100.
IN...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST SUNDAY
     FOR INZ050-058-059.
     WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EST
     SUNDAY FOR INZ066-073>075.

&&

SYNOPSIS...AR
NEAR TERM...AR
SHORT TERM...AR
LONG TERM...FRANKS
AVIATION...CONIGLIO
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 5:08 AM EST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 14, 5:20 AM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
520 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015

INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-080-
082-141600-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-
LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-
LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-
BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HIGHLAND-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...
SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...
XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...
HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...
HILLSBORO...PIKETON
520 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015

...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE
REGION TODAY...

ANOTHER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR WILL FLOW INTO THE REGION TODAY. THE
FRONT WILL BRING A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS INTO THE AFTERNOON. DURING THE SNOW
SHOWERS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...AND
WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS...WITH LOCALLY UP TO
2 INCHES POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO
THE TEENS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
FALL TONIGHT BOTTOMING BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 BELOW. THESE TEMPERATURES...
COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15
BELOW TO 24 BELOW ZERO.

THE WIND AND COLD MAY KEEP SOME ROADS SLICK THROUGH TONIGHT. TAKE
CAUTION IF PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY AND TONIGHT.

INZ066-073>075-KYZ091>093-097>100-OHZ077>079-081-088-141600-
FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-BRACKEN-
ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-ADAMS-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...
LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...
ALEXANDRIA...BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...
CINCINNATI...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...WEST UNION...PORTSMOUTH
520 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015

...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE REGION
TODAY...

ANOTHER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR WILL FLOW INTO THE REGION TODAY. THE
FRONT WILL BRING A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS INTO THE AFTERNOON. DURING THE SNOW
SHOWERS...VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...AND
MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO
THE TEENS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
FALL SATURDAY NIGHT BOTTOMING BETWEEN ZERO AND FIVE ABOVE ZERO. THESE
TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL
VALUES OF 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO.

THE WIND AND COLD MAY KEEP SOME ROADS SLICK THROUGH TONIGHT. TAKE
CAUTION IF PLANNING TRAVEL TODAY AND TONIGHT.

INZ080-KYZ089-090-094>096-141600-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...OWENTON...
WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH
520 AM EST SAT FEB 14 2015

...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE REGION
SATURDAY...

ANOTHER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR WILL FLOW INTO THE REGION TODAY. THE
FRONT WILL BRING A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. DURING THE SNOW SHOWERS...VISIBILITIES
MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...AND MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS
OF UP TO 40 MPH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO
THE TEENS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
FALL TONIGHT BOTTOMING AROUND FIVE ABOVE ZERO. THESE TEMPERATURES...
COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 5 TO
10 BELOW ZERO.

THE WIND AND COLD MAY KEEP SOME ROADS SLICK THROUGH TONIGHT. TAKE
CAUTION IF TRAVELING TODAY AND TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 14, 4:06 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryILNAdams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more32 hr
Feb 14, 9:49 AM ESTWind Chill WarningILNAuglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield and 13 more23 hr
Feb 14, 10:19 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Mercer56 min
Feb 14, 10:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware, Licking36 min
Feb 14, 11:04 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer and 2 more26 min
Feb 14, 11:08 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware, Licking37 min
Feb 14, 11:41 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNChampaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Franklin, Licking and 5 more19 min
Feb 14, 11:57 AM ESTWind AdvisoryILNAdams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield and 12 more7 hr
Feb 14, 12:06 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Franklin and 8 more7 hr
Feb 14, 12:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 6 more53 min
Feb 14, 1:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Greene and 9 more60 min
Feb 14, 11:20 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNCarroll, Owen25 min
Feb 14, 11:47 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNOwen28 min
Feb 14, 12:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNOwen, Robertson31 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.