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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 16, 2019Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2019, 6:30 PM EDT for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
May 16, 2019, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ripley County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2019-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2019-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 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 May 16, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 3:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 4:21 AM EDT, 14 hours 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
421 AM EDT Thu May 16 2019

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-
080-082-171100-
Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-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-Highland-Pike-
421 AM EDT Thu May 16 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Occasional showers and thunderstorms will be possible tonight. A few
of the storms may become severe with damaging wind and large hail the
primary threat. In addition, locally heavy rainfall may result in
isolated flooding concerns.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

There will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms Friday into
Friday night. A few of the storms may become severe later Friday
afternoon and evening with damaging wind and large hail the primary
threat. In addition, locally heavy rainfall may result in isolated
flooding concerns.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required this evening.

INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ077>079-081-088-171100-
Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-
Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Hamilton-
Clermont-Brown-Adams-Scioto-
421 AM EDT Thu May 16 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Occasional showers and thunderstorms will be possible tonight. A few
of the storms may become severe this evening with damaging wind and
large hail the primary threat. In addition, locally heavy rainfall
may result in isolated flooding concerns.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required this evening.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCarroll, Gallatin38 min
May 16, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRipley, Switzerland33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.