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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2020, 3:44 PM EDT for Hardin County, Logan County, Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 28, 2020, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2020, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hardin County, OH, Logan County, OH, Union County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
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 Aug 28, 2:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 2:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 432 AM EDT Fri Aug 28 2020 INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-290845- Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan- Union OH-Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Franklin OH-Licking- Preble-Montgomery-Greene-Fayette OH-Pickaway-Fairfield- 432 AM EDT Fri Aug 28 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana, Central Ohio and West Central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms will develop across the area today. Some storms could be severe, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Damaging winds are the primary severe weather threat. In addition, locally heavy rainfall may result in flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. 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. INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ070>074-077>082-088-290845- Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone- Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis- Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hocking-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland- Adams-Pike-Scioto- 432 AM EDT Fri Aug 28 2020 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. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 2:49 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 11:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Champaign | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Licking | 53 min |
| Aug 28, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin, Logan, Union | 49 min |
| Aug 28, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware | 20 min |
| Aug 28, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 25 min |
| Aug 28, 2:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Licking | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Warren | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan | 28 min |
| Aug 28, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ross | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Highland | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ross | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pike, Ross | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pickaway | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Grant, Pendleton | 31 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.