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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 26, 2019Delaware County, Franklin County, Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2019, 7:31 AM EDT for Delaware County, Franklin County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 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 26, 2019, 7:31 AM EDT (11:31 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2019, 8:00 AM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Delaware County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Licking County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 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
May 26, 5:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 26, 7:13 AM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:13 AM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:01 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
501 AM EDT Sun May 26 2019

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-270915-
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-
501 AM EDT Sun May 26 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...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms will affect the region today. Damaging
winds and large hail will be a possibility with these storms. Heavy
rainfall will be a concern, resulting in potential flooding issues.

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

An isolated strong to severe thunderstorm will be possible Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 7:06 AM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:12 AM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:16 AM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:18 AM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 7:21 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 7:26 AM EDT, 5 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
May 26, 5:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	31 min
May 26, 5:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke	33 min
May 26, 5:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	37 min
May 26, 6:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Logan, Miami, Shelby	24 min
May 26, 6:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Miami, Shelby	34 min
May 26, 6:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hardin	36 min
May 26, 6:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark	25 min
May 26, 6:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin, Logan, Union	16 min
May 26, 6:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Madison	31 min
May 26, 7:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Union	37 min
May 26, 7:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	29 min
May 26, 7:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	34 min
May 26, 7:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	48 min
May 26, 8:19 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign	26 min
May 26, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ross	35 min
May 26, 1:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross	38 min
May 26, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hocking	45 min
May 26, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	30 min
May 26, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Warren	30 min
May 26, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	42 min
May 26, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	53 min
May 26, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	32 min
May 26, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	24 min
May 26, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont	26 min
May 26, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown, Clermont	33 min
May 26, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ross	24 min
May 26, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike	30 min
May 26, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton, Warren	23 min
May 26, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	35 min
May 26, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pendleton	28 min
May 26, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mason, Robertson	23 min
May 26, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone	36 min
May 26, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Kenton	31 min
May 26, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Campbell	28 min
May 26, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Lewis	31 min
May 26, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ripley	27 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.