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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 30, 2019Hamilton County, Ohio; Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2019, 4:11 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Ohio; Campbell County, Kenton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 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: Jul 30, 2019, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2019, 4:28 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Campbell County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Hamilton County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 738 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 75 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 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 Jul 30, 3:42 PM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 3:42 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 3:45 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:30 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
330 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

KYZ092-093-OHZ077-302000-
Kenton KY-Campbell KY-Hamilton OH-
330 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL KENTON...NORTHERN
CAMPBELL AND SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

At 330 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Bellevue,
moving south at 5 mph.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 50 mph...
One half inch diameter hail...
Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning...
Very heavy rain...

Locations impacted include...
Cincinnati, Covington, Norwood, Fort Thomas, Newport, Madeira, Fort
Mitchell, Villa Hills, Highland Heights, Taylor Mill, Bellevue, Fort
Wright, Dayton, Ludlow, Southgate, Crescent Springs, Park Hills,
Lakeside Park, Forestville and Mariemont.

This includes the following Interstates...
 I-71 in Ohio between mile markers 0 and 10.
 I-74 in Ohio near mile marker 19.
 I-75 in Kentucky between mile markers 187 and 191.
 I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 0 and 6.

Do not stay in the open or seek shelter under trees when lightning
threatens. Move indoors when a thunderstorm approaches.

Water will pond on roads and may quickly fill roadside ditches and
small streams.

Residents in these areas should remain alert. If this storm becomes
stronger, then a warning may be needed.

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 3915 8459 3919 8436 3907 8433 3902 8444
      3904 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 346DEG 6KT 3910 8446

Coniglio

Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:34 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
334 PM EDT TUE JUL 30 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0332 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 SW DEER PARK          39.17N 84.45W
07/30/2019  M2.22 INCH       HAMILTON           OH   UTILITY COMPANY

            1-HR TOTAL FROM METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT OF CINCINNATI
            GAUGE AT NORWOOD VIEW ELEMENTARY.

&&

JEG

Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:41 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
341 PM EDT TUE JUL 30 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0332 PM     FLOOD            4 E BLUE ASH            39.25N 84.30W
07/30/2019                   HAMILTON           OH   PUBLIC

            STREET FLOODING SEVERAL INCHES DEEP.

0332 PM     FLOOD            4 E BLUE ASH            39.25N 84.30W
07/30/2019                   HAMILTON           OH   PUBLIC

            STREET FLOODING SEVERAL INCHES DEEP REPORTED AT
            LOVELAND-MADEIRA ROAD AND HOPEWELL ROAD.

&&

JEG

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 3:41 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
341 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

KYZ091-092-302015-
Boone KY-Kenton KY-
341 PM EDT Tue Jul 30 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN KENTON AND SOUTHERN
BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

At 341 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Oakbrook,
moving southeast at 10 mph.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 45 mph...
Pea size hail...
Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning...
Very heavy rain...

Locations impacted include...
Covington, Florence, Independence, Erlanger, Edgewood, Elsmere, Villa
Hills, Taylor Mill, Fort Wright, Crescent Springs, Walton, Crestview
Hills, Lakeside Park, Oakbrook, Burlington, Union, Richwood,
Waterloo, Ricedale and Constance.

This includes the following Interstates...
 I-71 in Kentucky between mile markers 75 and 77.
 I-75 in Kentucky between mile markers 172 and 185.

Do not stay in the open or seek shelter under trees when lightning
threatens. Move indoors when a thunderstorm approaches.

Water will pond on roads and may quickly fill roadside ditches and
small streams.

Residents in these areas should remain alert. If this storm becomes
stronger, then a warning may be needed.

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 3908 8463 3907 8462 3897 8448 3887 8457
      3885 8471 3897 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 319DEG 7KT 3898 8470

Coniglio

Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:45 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
345 PM EDT TUE JUL 30 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0343 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SSW BLUE ASH          39.20N 84.39W
07/30/2019  M2.26 INCH       HAMILTON           OH   UTILITY COMPANY

            1-HR TOTAL FROM METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT OF CINCINNATI
            GAUGE AT ROSSMOYNE DEER PARK.

&&

JEG

Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:57 PM EDT, 14 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
Jul 30, 7:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown	3 hr
Jul 30, 8:23 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Brown	114 min
Jul 30, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Warren	30 min
Jul 30, 2:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Warren	3 hr
Jul 30, 2:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	3 hr
Jul 30, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	40 min
Jul 30, 3:02 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	2 hr
Jul 30, 3:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	3 hr
Jul 30, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	30 min
Jul 30, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pickaway, Ross	27 min
Jul 30, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	36 min
Jul 30, 6:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Licking	3 hr
Jul 30, 2:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Pendleton	3 hr
Jul 30, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone, Kenton	34 min
Jul 30, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone	29 min
Jul 30, 4:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Boone	3 hr
Jul 30, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone	28 min
Jul 30, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant	29 min
Jul 30, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant	34 min
Jul 30, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	36 min
Jul 30, 6:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Grant, Owen	119 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.