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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 16, 2021Franklin County, Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2021, 12:19 PM EDT for Franklin County, Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2021, 12:19 PM EDT (16:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2021, 12:45 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, IN, Ripley County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 16, 12:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Holton, IN	TREE DOWNED ALONG 850 W. AND FAIRGROUND ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

787 
WUUS51 KILN 161619
SVRILN
INC047-137-161645-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0056.210716T1619Z-210716T1645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
1219 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Franklin County in southeastern Indiana...
  Northern Ripley County in southeastern Indiana...

* Until 1245 PM EDT.

* At 1218 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast
  of North Vernon, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind 
           damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Batesville, Osgood, Napoleon, Millhousen, Otter Village, Ballstown
  and Huntersville.

This includes I-74 in Indiana between mile markers 145 and 147.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and
submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3920 8544 3927 8530 3935 8530 3936 8529
      3916 8510 3908 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1618Z 249DEG 24KT 3910 8554 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Campbell

2 follow-up statements

721 
WWUS51 KILN 161632
SVSILN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
1232 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

INC047-137-161645-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210716T1645Z/
Franklin IN-Ripley IN-
1232 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHERN RIPLEY COUNTIES...

At 1232 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Osgood, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind 
         damage to trees and power lines.

Locations impacted include...
Batesville, Osgood, Napoleon, Millhousen, Otter Village, Ballstown
and Huntersville.

This includes I-74 in Indiana between mile markers 145 and 147.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and
submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3920 8544 3927 8530 3935 8530 3936 8529
      3916 8510 3908 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 249DEG 24KT 3913 8543 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Campbell

526 
WWUS51 KILN 161644
SVSILN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
1244 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

INC047-137-161653-
/O.EXP.KILN.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210716T1645Z/
Franklin IN-Ripley IN-
1244 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND
NORTHERN RIPLEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 PM EDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened in 
Franklin County. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

Please report previous wind damage or hail to the National Weather
Service by going to our website at weather.gov/iln and submitting
your report via social media.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for 
Ripley County.

LAT...LON 3920 8544 3927 8530 3935 8530 3936 8529
      3916 8510 3908 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 249DEG 24KT 3915 8535 

$$

Campbell

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Wayne	26 min
Jul 16, 3:27 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILN	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more	29 hr
Jul 16, 12:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ripley	33 min
Jul 16, 12:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ripley	47 min
Jul 16, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ripley	27 min
Jul 16, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn	35 min
Jul 16, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	32 min
Jul 16, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Switzerland	32 min
Jul 16, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ohio	26 min
Jul 16, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ohio, Switzerland	49 min
Jul 16, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	24 min
Jul 16, 6:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio	33 min
Jul 16, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	29 min
Jul 16, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley	44 min
Jul 16, 6:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Wayne	112 min
Jul 16, 7:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Franklin, Union	54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.