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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 3, 2020Greenup County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2020, 10:32 PM EDT for Greenup County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2020, 10:32 PM EDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2020, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

County Greenup County, KY

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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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 Aug 3, 9:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 9:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 8:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 6:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
610 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0608 PM     FLOOD            5 WSW BEAVERCREEK       39.70N 84.14W
08/03/2020                   MONTGOMERY         OH   BROADCAST MEDIA

            STREET FLOODING ON WILMINGTON PIKE.

&&

BINAU

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 6:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
642 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

INZ073-032330-
Ripley IN-
642 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT RIPLEY COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM
EDT...

At 642 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near North
Vernon, moving east at 25 mph.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 40 mph...
Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning...
Very heavy rain...

Locations impacted include...
Versailles, Milan, Osgood, Sunman, Holton, Napoleon, Rexville,
Benham, Penntown, Interstate 74 at State Route 101, New Marion,
Friendship, Versailles Lake, Cross Plains, Otter Village and Olean.

This includes I-74 in Indiana between mile markers 155 and 156.

Do not stay in the open or seek shelter under trees when lightning
threatens. Move indoors when a thunderstorm approaches.

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

Residents in these areas should remain alert. If this storm becomes
stronger, then a warning may be needed.

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 3919 8544 3929 8508 3893 8514 3892 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 278DEG 21KT 3904 8556

Binau

Local storm report, Aug 3, 7:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
702 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     FLOOD            1 WSW HOLTON            39.07N 85.41W
08/03/2020                   RIPLEY             IN   911 CALL CENTER

            HIGH WATER REPORTED ON U.S. 50 NEAR COUNTY ROAD 800 WEST

&&

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 7:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
707 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

OHZ062-063-072-032330-
Fayette OH-Clinton OH-Greene OH-
707 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE...
NORTHEASTERN CLINTON AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM
EDT...

At 707 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Sabina,
moving northeast at 35 mph.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 40 mph...
Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning...
Very heavy rain...

Locations impacted include...
Washington Court House, Sabina, Jeffersonville, Bloomingburg,
Milledgeville, Octa, Melvin, Interstate 71 at State Route 38,
Bloomington, Jasper Mills, Reesville, Bookwalter and Interstate 71 at
US Route 35.

This includes I-71 in Ohio between mile markers 57 and 75.

Do not stay in the open or seek shelter under trees when lightning
threatens. Move indoors when a thunderstorm approaches.

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

Residents in these areas should remain alert. If this storm becomes
stronger, then a warning may be needed.

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 3941 8372 3951 8380 3971 8353 3971 8346
      3957 8335
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 234DEG 29KT 3953 8363

Binau

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 8:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
836 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

KYZ097>099-OHZ079-081-040115-
Robertson KY-Mason KY-Bracken KY-Adams OH-Brown OH-
836 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MASON...ROBERTSON...CENTRAL
BRACKEN...SOUTHERN BROWN AND WEST CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM
EDT...

At 836 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Washington,
moving north at 25 mph.

STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 40 mph...
Frequent cloud-to-ground lightning...
Very heavy rain...

Locations impacted include...
Maysville, Georgetown, Washington, Ripley, Aberdeen, Augusta,
Brooksville, Decatur, Russellville, Mount Olivet, Dover, Higginsport,
Germantown, Sardis, Blue Licks Battlefield, Murphysville, Burika,
Alhambra, Stonewall and Bradysville.

Do not stay in the open or seek shelter under trees when lightning
threatens. Move indoors when a thunderstorm approaches.

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 3843 8400 3844 8402 3846 8410 3848 8413
      3848 8415 3849 8415 3849 8417 3850 8416
      3850 8418 3856 8417 3856 8418 3855 8419
      3892 8387 3883 8355 3846 8387 3849 8393
      3842 8400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 200DEG 20KT 3863 8383

Binau

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:32 PM EDT, 0 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
Aug 3, 8:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown	88 min
Aug 3, 8:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	2 hr
Aug 3, 9:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross	107 min
Aug 4, 11:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	24 min
Aug 3, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mason, Robertson	39 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.