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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 11, 2018Lewis County, Kentucky

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.

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 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, Aug 11, 11:37 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 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.

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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Local storm report, Aug 11, 11:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:33 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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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.

&&

MBP
Special 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
weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can
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

Hatzos

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, 12:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto40 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, 1:28 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

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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.