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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 25, 2023Darke County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this special weather statement at Jun 25, 2023, 4:21 PM EDT for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 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: Jun 25, 2023, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2023, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 45

County Darke County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 1639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 123 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 Jun 25, 2:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 2:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 4:56 AM EDT, 11 hours 25 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
456 AM EDT Sun Jun 25 2023

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-260900-
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-
456 AM EDT Sun Jun 25 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.

Strong to severe storms are likely later this afternoon into this evening.
Damaging winds and large hail will be the primary threats, although
a few strong tornadoes will also be possible, especially along and
west of the I-75 corridor. The most likely time frame for severe
weather will be between 4 PM and 11 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	39 min
Jun 25, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	27 min
Jun 25, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Preble	26 min
Jun 25, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	40 min
Jun 25, 7:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler	33 min
Jun 25, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll	47 min
Jun 25, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	49 min
Jun 25, 6:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Owen	42 min
Jun 25, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen	23 min
Jun 25, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union	27 min
Jun 25, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn	33 min
Jun 25, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	32 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.