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Freeze Warning 14, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this freeze warning at Oct 20, 2018, 3:13 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Oct 21, 2018, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2018, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 21, 2018, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 21, 2018, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
All 21 counties
Dearborn County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Scioto County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 358 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 20, 3:06 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 3:06 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 20, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington OH 209 PM EDT Sat Oct 20 2018 KYZ100-OHZ081-082-088-210200- Lewis-Adams-Pike-Scioto- Including the cities of Vanceburg, Tollesboro, West Union, Peebles, Waverly, Piketon, Portsmouth, and Wheelersburg 209 PM EDT Sat Oct 20 2018 ...GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING... Wind gusts out of the northwest up to 40 or 45 mph are possible between 6 PM and midnight in the lower Scioto Valley of south-central Ohio, as well as adjacent areas of northeast Kentucky. These winds may cause minor tree damage and isolated power outages. Secure loose outdoor objects. Drivers of high- profile vehicles or trailers should exercise caution. Binau
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 4:01 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more | 20 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Kentucky, 2018Freeze Warnings in Ohio, 2018Freeze Warnings in Indiana, 2018Every freeze warning in 2018
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.