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Freeze Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this freeze warning at Apr 13, 2020, 3:44 PM EDT for 23 counties in Ohio; 4 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 14, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2020, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2020, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
All 27 counties
Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 332 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 13, 3:36 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 3:36 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 425 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ063>065-070>074-077>082-088-140900- Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone- Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis- Fayette OH-Pickaway-Fairfield-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hocking- Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto- 425 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Southeast Indiana, Northeast Kentucky, Northern Kentucky, Central Ohio, South Central Ohio and Southwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Much below normal temperatures are expected through the week. This will result in several chances for frost or freezing temperatures. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>062-140900- Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan- Union OH-Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Franklin OH-Licking- Preble-Montgomery-Greene- 425 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana, Central Ohio and West Central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Wind Advisory. Temperatures will fall into the low to mid 30s tonight, which could result in frost and/or freeze conditions. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Much below normal temperatures are expected through the week. This will result in several chances for frost and/or freezing temperatures. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 13, 11:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 7:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 30 min |
| Apr 13, 7:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 7:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Lewis | 25 min |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Ohio, 2020Freeze Warnings in Indiana, 2020Every freeze warning in 2020
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.