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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 11, 2018Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2018, 12:50 PM EDT for Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 11, 2018, 12:50 PM EDT (16:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2018, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2018-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 433 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 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 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 Aug 11, 10:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 10:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 11:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
1137 AM EDT Sat Aug 11 2018

INZ058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ070>072-077>082-088-121200-
Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-
Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-
Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-
Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto-
1137 AM EDT Sat Aug 11 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana,
Southeast Indiana, Northeast Kentucky, Northern Kentucky, South
Central Ohio and Southwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Clusters of thunderstorms will move across the area today. Flash
flooding will be possible this afternoon into the early evening
hours. Isolated damaging wind gusts will also be a possibility.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

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Wayne-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan-Union OH-Delaware-
Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Franklin OH-Licking-Preble-Montgomery-
Greene-Fayette OH-Pickaway-Fairfield-Ross-Hocking-
1137 AM EDT Sat Aug 11 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana, Central
Ohio, South Central Ohio and West Central Ohio.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 11, 10:50 AM EDT, 2 hours before
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Local storm report, Aug 11, 11:19 AM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:33 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 8:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNPickaway2 hr
Aug 10, 8:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNGreene3 hr
Aug 10, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreene24 min
Aug 10, 9:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton19 min
Aug 10, 9:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNGreene3 hr
Aug 10, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMiami27 min
Aug 10, 10:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Clinton, Highland3 hr
Aug 11, 10:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFranklin, Madison2 hr
Aug 11, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNScioto27 min
Aug 11, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWarren29 min
Aug 11, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont36 min
Aug 11, 4:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNHamilton3 hr
Aug 11, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLewis24 min
Aug 11, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreenup32 min
Aug 11, 2:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNLewis30 min
Aug 11, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLewis29 min
Aug 11, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis28 min
Aug 11, 2:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLewis5 hr
Aug 11, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCampbell, Kenton32 min
Aug 11, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPendleton21 min
Aug 11, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMason, Robertson26 min
Aug 11, 5:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBracken, Robertson12 min
Aug 11, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone22 min
Aug 11, 5:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBracken, Robertson2 hr
Aug 11, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBoone, Gallatin27 min
Aug 11, 7:08 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNLewis5 hr
Aug 11, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDearborn29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2018Every severe thunderstorm 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.