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Freeze Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 11, 202015 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this freeze warning at May 11, 2020, 3:14 AM EDT for 15 counties in Ohio. It took effect at May 12, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 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
May 11, 2020, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)
In effect from
May 12, 2020, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 12, 2020, 8:42 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH

Counties Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Ross County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 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 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 00:00Z on 2020-05-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2020-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -79 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 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 May 10, 7:34 PM EDT, 7 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 7:34 PM EDT, 7 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 3:20 PM EDT, 11 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
320 PM EDT Sun May 10 2020

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-
078>082-088-111930-
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-Clermont-Brown-Highland-
Adams-Pike-Scioto-
320 PM EDT Sun May 10 2020

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue through the
remainder of the afternoon. The stronger storms will contain strong
to damaging winds and hail.

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

Frost will be possible Monday night into Tuesday morning as
temperatures will into the lower to mid 30s.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed, while following all local, state
and CDC guidelines.

INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ077-111930-
Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-
Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Hamilton-
320 PM EDT Sun May 10 2020

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue through the
remainder of the afternoon. The stronger storms will contain strong
to damaging winds and hail.

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

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed, while following all local, state
and CDC guidelines.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNScioto48 min
May 10, 8:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClark, Madison25 min
May 10, 9:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFranklin, Madison30 min
May 11, 3:14 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryILNAdams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Darke and 11 more29 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Ohio, 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.