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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 29, 2021Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Aug 29, 2021, 2:52 PM EDT for Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 23 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 29, 2021, 2:52 PM EDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 45

County Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 1111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 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 29, 2:13 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 2:13 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 4:11 AM EDT, 10 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:52 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
252 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

KYZ100-OHZ088-291915-
Lewis KY-Scioto OH-
252 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN LEWIS
AND SOUTHWESTERN SCIOTO COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

At 251 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Letitia, moving
east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Hail may cause minor damage to outdoor
         objects.

Locations impacted include...
Portsmouth, South Shore, Friendship, West Portsmouth, Saint Paul and
Firebrick.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building.

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 3867 8318 3879 8302 3873 8296 3873 8303
      3870 8304 3868 8303 3866 8304 3866 8305
      3864 8305 3864 8307 3861 8309 3859 8312
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 250DEG 16KT 3866 8312

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...45 MPH

Campbell

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 29, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	36 min
Aug 29, 7:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hardin	28 min
Aug 29, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	26 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.