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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 19, 2019Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2019, 7:40 PM EDT for Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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 19, 2019, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2019, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1385 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 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 19, 3:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
336 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-201100-
Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-
Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-
Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-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-Adams-Pike-Scioto-
336 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

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

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 3:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
312 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2019

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

0751 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 ESE GROVE CITY        39.85N 82.98W
05/18/2019                   FRANKLIN           OH   PUBLIC

            APPROXIMATE 1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED NEAR BASE IN
            HAMILTON MEADOWS. PHOTO VERIFIED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

&&

JEG

Special weather statement, May 19, 3:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
335 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

OHZ026-035-043-044-192015-
Auglaize OH-Logan OH-Shelby OH-Hardin OH-
335 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT SHELBY...WESTERN
LOGAN...AUGLAIZE AND WESTERN HARDIN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

At 334 PM EDT, radar indicated showers along a line extending from
Wapakoneta to Russia, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 50 mph...

Locations impacted include...
Sidney, Bellefontaine, Wapakoneta, Kenton, Ada, Fort Shawnee,
Newport, Cridersville, Anna, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Russells
Point, De Graff, Botkins, Lakeview, New Knoxville, Dunkirk, Alger,
Waynesfield and Belle Center.

This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 90 and 118.

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 4039 8365 4032 8378 4021 8439 4068 8432
      4069 8422 4066 8422 4066 8411 4064 8411
      4065 8388 4082 8388 4082 8361
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 238DEG 38KT 4065 8427 4026 8434

Hatzos

Local storm report, May 19, 4:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
401 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2019

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

0355 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST KI68 LEBANON APT        39.46N 84.25W
05/19/2019  M48 MPH          WARREN             OH   AWOS

&&

JEG

Local storm report, May 19, 5:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
500 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2019

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

0426 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST KSGH SPRINGFIELD APT    39.84N 83.84W
05/19/2019  M46 MPH          CLARK              OH   AWOS

&&

JEG

Local storm report, May 19, 5:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
501 PM EDT SUN MAY 19 2019

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

0432 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST KILN WILMINGTON APT     39.43N 83.79W
05/19/2019  M46 MPH          CLINTON            OH   ASOS

&&

JEG

Special weather statement, May 19, 7:33 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
733 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

OHZ034-200015-
Mercer OH-
733 PM EDT Sun May 19 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY UNTIL 815
PM EDT...

At 733 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Geneva,
moving northeast at 40 mph.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 45 mph...
Pea size hail...

Locations impacted include...
Celina, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chattanooga, Neptune and Tama.

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 4073 8446 4058 8446 4051 8480 4073 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 245DEG 34KT 4061 8492

Hatzos

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Franklin, Licking	31 min
May 18, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	32 min
May 19, 3:51 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 19 more	12 hr
May 19, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby	40 min
May 19, 7:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	42 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.