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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2018, 7:00 PM EDT for Highland County, 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2018, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2018, 7:26 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Highland County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 1158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 26, 6:48 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 6:48 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 337 AM EDT Sun Aug 26 2018 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>096-OHZ034-035-042-043-051-060- 061-070-071-077-078-271200- Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio- Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant- Pendleton-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Miami-Preble-Montgomery- Butler-Warren-Hamilton-Clermont- 337 AM EDT Sun Aug 26 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana, Southeast Indiana, Northern Kentucky, Southwest Ohio and West Central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Heat and humidity will push heat indices into the mid and upper 90s this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Heat and humidity will continue into early week. Heat indicies are forecast to range from the upper 90s to near 100 for Monday and the mid and upper 90s on Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. KYZ097>100-OHZ026-044>046-052>056-062>065-072>074-079>082-088-271200- Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Hardin-Logan-Union OH-Delaware- Champaign-Clark-Madison-Franklin OH-Licking-Greene-Fayette OH- Pickaway-Fairfield-Clinton-Ross-Hocking-Brown-Highland-Adams-Pike- Scioto- 337 AM EDT Sun Aug 26 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Northeast Kentucky, Northern Kentucky, Central Ohio, South Central Ohio, Southwest Ohio and West Central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Heat and humidity can be expected through early week. Heat indicies are forecast to range from the upper 90s to near 100 for Monday and the mid and upper 90s on Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington OH 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2018 OHZ072-262215- Clinton OH- 556 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2018 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT... At 556 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near Wilmington, moving northeast at 20 mph. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... Winds to 45 mph... Very heavy rain... Locations impacted include... Wilmington, Martinsville, Melvin, Cuba, Lees Creek, Reesville, New Antioch, Morrisville, Ogden, Burtonville and Cowan Lake State Park. 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 3931 8385 3943 8392 3953 8368 3938 8359 TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 243DEG 19KT 3939 8381 JDR
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:07 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
607 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2018
OHZ046-055-262230-
Delaware OH-Franklin OH-
607 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT...
At 606 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Dublin,
moving southeast at 15 mph.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 40 mph...
Very heavy rain...
Locations impacted include...
Columbus, Dublin, Westerville, Upper Arlington, Hilliard,
Worthington, Powell, Minerva Park, Ohio State University, Polaris,
Easton, Grandview Heights, Shawnee Hills, Clintonville, Huber Ridge
and Columbus Zoo.
This includes the following Interstates...
I-70 in Ohio between mile markers 95 and 100.
I-71 in Ohio between mile markers 104 and 122.
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 4012 8285 3991 8302 4008 8321 4011 8319
4011 8317 4014 8317 4021 8312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 304DEG 15KT 4012 8313
JDRLocal storm report, Aug 26, 6:23 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 7:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 26 min |
| Aug 26, 7:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 8:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 8:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pike | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 9:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Highland, Pike, Ross | 87 min |
| Aug 26, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 19 min |
| Aug 26, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking, Pickaway, Ross | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 26 min |
| Aug 26, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pickaway | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 23 min |
| Aug 25, 8:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Grant | 23 min |
Nearby
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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.