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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2019, 8:44 PM EDT for Darke County, Preble County, Ohio; Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 18, 2019, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2019, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fayette County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Darke County, OH, Preble County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
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 Aug 18, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 18, 7:49 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
749 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019
INZ050-190015-
Wayne IN-
749 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL 815
PM EDT...
At 749 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near Hagerstown,
moving northeast at 30 mph.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 45 mph...
One half inch diameter hail...
Locations impacted include...
Hagerstown, Fountain City, Franklin, Bethel, Economy and
Williamsburg.
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 3987 8520 4001 8520 4000 8481 3998 8481
3985 8522 3987 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 242DEG 28KT 3996 8523
chThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 11:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Licking | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 12:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Champaign | 33 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.