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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 12, 2021Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 5:24 PM EDT for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports 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: Jun 12, 2021, 5:24 PM EDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ripley County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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
Jun 12, 5:26 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nnw Osgood, IN	A POWER POLE AND WIRES WERE DOWNED. TIME ESTIMATED BY FROM RADAR.
Jun 12, 5:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nnw Osgood, IN	SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 656 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

600 
WUUS51 KILN 122124
SVRILN
INC137-122215-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0009.210612T2124Z-210612T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
524 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Ripley County in southeastern Indiana...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 524 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Osgood,
  moving south at 20 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...
  Versailles, Osgood, Holton, Napoleon, Millhousen, Versailles Lake,
  Otter Village, Benham, Ballstown, Olean and New Marion.

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.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3920 8544 3927 8530 3928 8525 3905 8514
      3895 8524 3898 8540 3913 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 344DEG 16KT 3918 8534 

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

Coniglio

2 follow-up statements

039 
WWUS51 KILN 122140
SVSILN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
540 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

INC137-122215-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210612T2215Z/
Ripley IN-
540 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL RIPLEY COUNTY...

At 539 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Osgood, moving
south at 20 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...
Versailles, Osgood, Holton, Napoleon, Millhousen, Versailles Lake,
Otter Village, Benham, Ballstown, Olean and New Marion.

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.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3920 8544 3927 8530 3928 8525 3905 8514
      3895 8524 3898 8540 3913 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 344DEG 16KT 3911 8532 

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

Coniglio

374 
WWUS51 KILN 122208
SVSILN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
608 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

INC137-122218-
/O.EXP.KILN.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210612T2215Z/
Ripley IN-
608 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RIPLEY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

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.

LAT...LON 3920 8544 3927 8530 3928 8525 3905 8514
      3895 8524 3898 8540 3913 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 344DEG 16KT 3899 8528 

$$

Coniglio

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ripley	24 min
Jun 12, 5:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Franklin, Ripley	3 hr
Jun 12, 5:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Ripley	3 hr
Jun 12, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	35 min
Jun 12, 6:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fayette, Franklin	56 min
Jun 12, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	30 min
Jun 12, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin	38 min
Jun 12, 7:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin	3 hr
Jun 12, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.