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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 16, 2019Gallatin County, Grant County, Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2019, 6:44 AM EDT for Gallatin County, Grant County, 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2019, 6:44 AM EDT (10:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2019, 7:16 AM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Owen County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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: 172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 374 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 1.5

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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 Jun 16, 6:09 AM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:09 AM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:09 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
409 AM EDT Sun Jun 16 2019

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ091>093-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>080-171000-
Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-
Switzerland-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-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-
409 AM EDT Sun Jun 16 2019

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

A few strong to severe storms will be possible into this evening.
The primary threat will be damaging winds and locally heavy
rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected through the week.  Due
to the repeated rounds of expected precipitation, there will be the
potential for flooding concerns.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

KYZ089-090-094>100-OHZ081-082-088-171000-
Carroll-Gallatin-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-
Adams-Pike-Scioto-
409 AM EDT Sun Jun 16 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Northeast Kentucky, Northern
Kentucky and South Central Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

A few strong to severe storms will be possible into this evening.
The primary threat will be damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected through the week.  Due
to the repeated rounds of expected precipitation, there will be the
potential for flooding concerns.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:45 AM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:56 AM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:01 AM EDT, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:04 AM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:09 AM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:26 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 9:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan	36 min
Jun 15, 9:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Preble	34 min
Jun 15, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	32 min
Jun 15, 9:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Delaware	35 min
Jun 15, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	29 min
Jun 15, 10:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Butler, Warren	21 min
Jun 15, 11:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Delaware	14 min
Jun 15, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	30 min
Jun 15, 11:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby	17 min
Jun 15, 11:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Warren	35 min
Jun 16, 1:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	7 hr
Jun 16, 1:12 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	7 hr
Jun 16, 1:56 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	9 hr
Jun 16, 2:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont	4 hr
Jun 16, 2:56 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland	7 hr
Jun 16, 6:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	49 min
Jun 16, 7:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland	47 min
Jun 16, 7:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	22 min
Jun 16, 7:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	47 min
Jun 16, 8:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	25 min
Jun 16, 8:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	8 min
Jun 16, 10:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	30 hr
Jun 16, 10:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Adams	8 hr
Jun 16, 2:48 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Greene	5 hr
Jun 16, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	40 min
Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	45 min
Jun 16, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	46 min
Jun 16, 7:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Logan, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 16, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike	22 min
Jun 16, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	19 min
Jun 15, 11:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Campbell, Kenton	34 min
Jun 15, 11:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin	31 min
Jun 16, 12:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Gallatin	32 min
Jun 16, 7:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Owen	19 min
Jun 16, 10:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin	33 min
Jun 16, 10:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	47 min
Jun 16, 11:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Grant, Pendleton	37 min
Jun 16, 11:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Robertson	51 min
Jun 16, 12:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Lewis, Mason	45 min
Jun 16, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	23 min
Jun 16, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen	28 min
Jun 16, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Owen	23 min
Jun 16, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant, Pendleton	29 min
Jun 16, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Robertson	28 min
Jun 16, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Lewis, Mason	29 min
Jun 15, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Wayne	34 min
Jun 15, 9:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fayette, Wayne	27 min
Jun 15, 9:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin, Ripley	26 min
Jun 15, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ripley	45 min
Jun 15, 10:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley	3 hr
Jun 15, 10:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	30 min
Jun 16, 12:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley	7 hr
Jun 16, 1:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	9 hr
Jun 16, 5:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	10 hr
Jun 16, 5:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	45 min
Jun 16, 3:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	43 hr

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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.