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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 14, 2019Highland County, Pike County, Ross County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2019, 9:40 PM EDT for Highland County, Pike County, Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 14 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: Mar 14, 2019, 9:40 PM EDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2019, 9:54 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Highland County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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
Mar 14, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 54 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: 108 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 322 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Mar 14, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 8:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:08 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:12 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:17 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 14, 9:18 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 14, 9:23 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
923 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019

OHZ054-055-063-064-072-150200-
Fayette OH-Madison OH-Clinton OH-Franklin OH-Pickaway OH-
923 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN
FRANKLIN...NORTHERN FAYETTE...NORTHEASTERN CLINTON...NORTHWESTERN
PICKAWAY AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

At 923 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms along a line
extending from near Bloomingburg to Sabina, moving northeast at 65
mph.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 50 mph...
Very heavy rain...

Locations impacted include...
Grove City, Washington Court House, Sabina, Mount Sterling,
Jeffersonville, Bloomingburg, Harrisburg, Orient, Milledgeville,
Octa, Deer Creek Lake, Chenoweth, Interstate 71 at State Route 38,
Derby, Jasper Mills, Madison Mills, Interstate 71 at US Route 35 and
Pancoastburg.

This includes I-71 in Ohio between mile markers 64 and 96.

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

Residents in these areas should remain alert. If these storms become
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 3986 8309 3962 8316 3946 8367 3964 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 235DEG 57KT 3965 8346 3951 8362

KC

Special weather statement, Mar 14, 9:32 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
932 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019

KYZ093-095>097-OHZ078-079-150200-
Pendleton KY-Campbell KY-Bracken KY-Grant KY-Clermont OH-Brown OH-
932 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN BRACKEN...SOUTHERN
CAMPBELL...SOUTHEASTERN GRANT...PENDLETON...SOUTH CENTRAL CLERMONT
AND SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

At 932 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Williamstown, moving northeast at 65 mph.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 50 mph...
Very heavy rain...

Locations impacted include...
Williamstown, Falmouth, Dry Ridge, Augusta, Felicity, Brooksville,
Butler, Morgan, Corinth, Mentor, Moscow, Neville, Chilo, Mount
Auburn, Stewartsville, Willow Grove, Bradford, Saltair, Powersville
and Peach Grove.

This includes I-75 in Kentucky between mile markers 145 and 158.

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

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 3863 8468 3896 8414 3871 8395 3856 8440
      3856 8441 3855 8442 3854 8447 3853 8448
      3849 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 235DEG 57KT 3862 8456

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway	45 min
Mar 14, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown	25 min
Mar 14, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross	33 min
Mar 14, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike, Ross	42 min
Mar 14, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	37 min
Mar 14, 9:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clermont	2 hr
Mar 14, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland	37 min
Mar 14, 9:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	33 min
Mar 14, 10:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Highland	30 min
Mar 14, 10:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Franklin, Licking	17 min
Mar 14, 10:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Ross	29 min
Mar 14, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	27 min
Mar 14, 10:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking	20 min
Mar 14, 10:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Hocking	12 min
Mar 14, 10:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking, Pike, Ross	42 min
Mar 14, 11:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	43 min
Mar 14, 11:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	34 min
Mar 14, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen, Pendleton	24 min
Mar 14, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Pendleton	26 min
Mar 14, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen	23 min
Mar 14, 8:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken	20 min
Mar 14, 9:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant, Pendleton	26 min
Mar 14, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Grant, Pendleton	28 min
Mar 15, 12:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greenup	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.