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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 6, 20225 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 2022, 3:25 AM EST for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 80 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2022, 3:25 AM EST (08:25 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2022, 4:45 AM EST
In force: 80 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Shelby County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 1944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 6, 3:10 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 3:10 AM EST, 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 6, 3:11 AM EST, 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
311 AM EST Sun Mar 6 2022

INZ050-OHZ034-035-042-043-051-060-060915-
Wayne IN-Auglaize OH-Darke OH-Shelby OH-Preble OH-Mercer OH-Miami OH-
311 AM EST Sun Mar 6 2022

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WAYNE, SHELBY,
NORTHERN PREBLE, DARKE, AUGLAIZE, MERCER AND WESTERN MIAMI COUNTIES
THROUGH 415 AM EST...

At 311 AM EST, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles southwest of Fort Wayne to 7 miles northeast
of Lawrence, moving east at 70 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Richmond, Troy, Sidney, Piqua, Greenville, Celina, Wapakoneta, Tipp
City, Eaton, St. Marys, West Milton, Coldwater, Centerville,
Cambridge City, Fort Shawnee, New Bremen, Minster, Versailles,
Covington and St. Henry.

This includes the following Interstates...
 I-70 in Indiana between mile markers 134 and 156.
 I-70 in Ohio between mile markers 0 and 17.
 I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 72 and 118.

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.

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LAT...LON 4073 8446 4068 8445 4069 8422 4066 8422
      4066 8411 4027 8415 3995 8423 3992 8426
      3992 8448 3972 8449 3973 8482 3979 8522
      3980 8522 4001 8520 4001 8481 4073 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0811Z 271DEG 62KT 4101 8527 3993 8589

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

McGinnis

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 3:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Preble, Shelby	64 min
Mar 6, 3:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Preble	27 min
Mar 6, 4:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Hardin, Logan, Miami, Union	58 min
Mar 6, 1:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler, Warren	30 min
Mar 6, 3:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	32 min
Mar 6, 5:52 PM EST	Flood Watch	ILN	Adams, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 23 more	19 hr
Mar 6, 4:38 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Wayne	37 min
Mar 6, 1:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	35 min
Mar 6, 2:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn	37 min

Nearby

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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.