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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 20, 2018Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2018, 3:13 PM EDT for Owen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2018, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2018, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

County Owen County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 20, 2:23 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:23 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 10:14 AM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
1014 AM EDT Wed Jun 20 2018

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-211415-
Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-
Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-
Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-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-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-
Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto-
1014 AM EDT Wed Jun 20 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected again today. A few strong to
severe storms may occur during the afternoon and evening with the
primary threat of damaging winds. In addition, where heavy rainfall
occurs, there will be the potential for flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
313 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2018

KYZ094-095-201945-
Owen KY-Grant KY-
313 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN GRANT AND
SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

At 313 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm 8 miles
southeast of Owenton, moving east at 30 mph.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 40 mph...
Very heavy rain...

Locations impacted include...
Owenton, Corinth, Keefer, Elk Lake, Beechwood, New Columbus, Harmony,
Natlee and Cordova.

This includes I-75 in Kentucky between mile markers 144 and 148.

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 3835 8481 3853 8484 3855 8448 3854 8448
      3851 8449 3851 8452 3849 8456 3843 8463
      3842 8465 3837 8471 3835 8476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 261DEG 25KT 3846 8473

Sites

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont	30 min
Jun 19, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams, Brown	29 min
Jun 19, 9:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont	61 min
Jun 20, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	24 min
Jun 20, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	28 min
Jun 20, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Robertson	23 min
Jun 20, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mason	32 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kentucky, 2018 Every special weather statement 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.