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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2023, 7:14 PM EDT for Hardin County, Logan County, Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 20, 2023, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hardin County, OH, Logan County, OH, Union County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Jul 20, 6:56 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 6:56 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 422 AM EDT Thu Jul 20 2023 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-210830- Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio- Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant- Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke- Shelby-Logan-Union OH-Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison- Franklin OH-Licking-Preble-Montgomery-Greene-Fayette OH-Pickaway- Fairfield-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hocking-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown- Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto- 422 AM EDT Thu Jul 20 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana, Southeast Indiana, Northeast Kentucky, Northern Kentucky, Central Ohio, South Central Ohio, Southwest Ohio and West Central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. Some storms may be strong to severe with the primary severe weather threats being damaging winds and large hail. The most favored time for severe weather is from 4 PM to 10 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today,
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
653 PM EDT Thu Jul 20 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM Hail 2 SE Ada 40.75N 83.79W
07/20/2023 E1.00 inch Hardin OH Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
&&Local storm report, Jul 20, 7:01 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
701 PM EDT Thu Jul 20 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0657 PM Hail 2 N Lakeview 40.51N 83.92W
07/20/2023 E1.00 inch Logan OH Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 24 min |
| Jul 20, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby | 52 min |
| Jul 20, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Champaign | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Union | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Miami, Shelby | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union | 48 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.