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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 29, 2020Union County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2020, 11:21 AM EDT for Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 29, 2020, 11:21 AM EDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2020, 11:45 AM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

County Union County, OH

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 29, 10:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 10:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 4:32 AM EDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 9:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 10:25 AM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 10:55 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
1055 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020

OHZ044-045-052-291530-
Champaign OH-Logan OH-Union OH-
1055 AM EDT Fri May 29 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWESTERN
UNION COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 1130 AM EDT...

At 1055 AM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over West
Liberty, moving northeast at 40 mph.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 45 mph...
Pea size hail...
Very heavy rain...

Locations impacted include...
Marysville, Bellefontaine, West Liberty, North Lewisburg, West
Mansfield, Valley Hi, Zanesfield, Cable, Raymond, New Jerusalem,
Kennard, East Liberty and Byhalia.

Water will pond on roads and may quickly fill roadside ditches and
small streams.

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 4030 8331 4014 8369 4031 8386 4051 8351
      4050 8350
TIME...MOT...LOC 1455Z 235DEG 33KT 4023 8375

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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 29, 9:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	34 min
May 29, 10:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign	35 min
May 29, 10:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	35 min
May 29, 11:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	36 min
May 29, 11:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware, Franklin	3 hr
May 29, 12:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware	5 hr
May 29, 1:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark	32 min
May 29, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene	24 min
May 29, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	35 min
May 29, 1:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Delaware	119 min
May 29, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Madison	26 min
May 29, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	45 min
May 29, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Miami	52 min
May 29, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery	28 min
May 29, 3:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Montgomery, Preble	113 min
May 29, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Union	49 min
May 29, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Perry	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.