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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2018, 1:21 PM EDT for Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 11, 2018, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2018, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
County Lewis County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Aug 11, 10:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 10:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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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. INZ050-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-073-074-121200- 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 31 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Aug 11, 1:02 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
102 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1259 PM FLOOD 2 NE GROVE CITY 39.89N 83.05W
08/11/2018 FRANKLIN OH TRAINED SPOTTER
STATE ROUTE 104 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER OVER ROAD.
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MBPSpecial weather statement, Aug 11, 1:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
121 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2018
KYZ100-111745-
Lewis KY-
121 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN LEWIS COUNTY UNTIL
145 PM EDT...
At 121 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Camp Dix,
moving east at 25 mph.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 40 mph...
One half inch diameter hail...
Locations impacted include...
Head of Grassy, Camp Dix, Rexton, Tannery and Kinniconick.
To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at
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do so safely.
LAT...LON 3840 8331 3853 8334 3859 8320 3857 8309
3854 8312 3853 8312 3854 8314 3850 8317
3849 8319 3847 8319 3845 8320 3845 8321
3844 8321 3843 8324 3838 8323
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 286DEG 20KT 3849 8323
HatzosThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Pickaway | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Greene | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Greene | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 19 min |
| Aug 10, 9:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Greene | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 10:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Brown, Clinton, Highland | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 10:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Franklin, Madison | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Warren | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 4:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Greenup | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 2:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Lewis | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pendleton | 21 min |
| Aug 11, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mason, Robertson | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 5:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 12 min |
| Aug 11, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone | 22 min |
| Aug 11, 5:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 7:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Lewis | 5 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Dearborn | 29 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.