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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2024, 10:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky; Switzerland County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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 14, 2024, 10:47 PM EDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2024, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Switzerland County, IN, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Owen County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 10:17 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 966 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 Mar 14, 6:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 6:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wilmington OH 631 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Showers and thunderstorms can be expected tonight into Friday morning as a cold front moves through the Ohio Valley. Behind the front, a much cooler airmass will move into the region for the weekend and into early next week. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... The line of storms has weakened across our area as it has been moving into a more stable airmass. The one exceptions is along the southern edge of the line, where a more favorable airmass has allowed for an isolated persistent supercell. This is moving into a less favorable airmass too though so do expect an eventual weakening trend with it. Good clearing behind the line of storms is allowing for airmass recovery back across Illinois and Indiana. Hi-res models continue to show redevelopment in this area back to our west over the next few hours. Some of this more favorable airmass will likely advect into at least our western areas through this evening with the potential for discrete supercells to work east into our area this evening. This development should then move east into our area through the evening hours and sag slowly south as we head into tonight. Hi-res cams continue to suggest the potential for discrete supercells this evening with this activity so all weather hazards will remain in place. There are also some signs of potential training so locally heavy rainfall will also be possible. The severe threat should decrease through the overnight hours as the instability begins to weaken. && .SHORT TERM /7 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... Showers and embedded thunderstorms will likely still be ongoing across our south/southeast Friday morning, but should begin to taper off through late morning and into the afternoon as the cold front moves through. Developing CAA behind the front will lead to cooler temps with highs Friday ranging from the lower 50s northwest to the lower 60s in the southeast. Surface high pressure will begin to build in from the west Friday night, leading to at least some partial clearing. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Upper level trough will pivot down across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Saturday through Monday. A series of embedded mid level short waves will bring some lower chances for rain showers Saturday night into Sunday and then snow showers on Monday. Temperatures will steadily cool off through the weekend and into Monday with highs by Monday only in the mid 30s to lower 40s. Surface high pressure will build back into the region on Tuesday into Wednesday, leading to mainly dry conditions and a bit of a warm up with highs Tuesday and Wednesday in the 40s and 50s. Some pcpn chances may return toward Thursday as some mid level energy moves back into the region. && .AVIATION /22Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... Airmass is continuing to recover across our area late this afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms off to our west and northwest will continue to fill in as they move east into our area over the next few hours. These will likely then sag slowly southeast across our area and may begin to congeal into more of a consolidated line or area of storms late this evening into the early overnight hours. Showers and storms will likely linger across at least our southern areas through the early morning hours before tapering off from the northwest later Friday morning as a cold front moves through. Gusty winds and hail will be possible with the storms through the evening hours with periods of locally heavy rain persisting into the overnight hours. MVFR to locally IFR vsbys and cigs will also be possible with the stronger storms. Prevailing cigs will eventually trend down into MVFR late tonight with some IFR cigs possible through mid to late morning. MVFR cigs will then prevail through Friday afternoon before conditions begin to improve heading into Friday night. OUTLOOK...MVFR conditions possible Saturday night and again on Monday. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && SYNOPSIS...JGL NEAR TERM...JGL SHORT TERM...JGL LONG TERM...JGL AVIATION...JGL
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 3:47 PM EDT, 7 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 347 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>096-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>055-060>063-070>072-077-078-151000- Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland- Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Hardin- Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan-Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark- Madison-Preble-Montgomery-Greene-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Hamilton- Clermont- 347 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Indiana, southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, central Ohio, southwest Ohio and west central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Occasional showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight into Friday morning. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes possible. The main severe threat window will be between 6 PM and midnight. In addition, the storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall which may lead to localized flooding issues. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to relay any severe reports to the National Weather Service. KYZ097>100-OHZ056-064-065-073-074-079>082-088-151000- Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Licking-Pickaway-Fairfield-Ross- Hocking-Brown-Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto- 347 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, northern Kentucky, central Ohio, south central Ohio and southwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Occasional showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight into Friday morning. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds and large hail. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. The main severe threat window will be between 7 PM and 1 AM. In addition, the storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall which may lead to localized flooding issues. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to relay any severe reports to the National Weather Service.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 14, 8:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
830 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0752 PM Hail Jackson Center 40.44N 84.04W
03/14/2024 M2.75 inch Shelby OH Trained Spotter
&&Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
909 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM Hail 3 SE Heath 40.00N 82.40W
03/14/2024 M1.00 inch Licking OH Trained Spotter
&&Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
912 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM Hail 2 S Delaware 40.27N 83.07W
03/14/2024 M1.75 inch Delaware OH Trained Spotter
&&Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
935 PM EDT Thu Mar 14 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 PM Hail Sunbury 40.25N 82.87W
03/14/2024 M2.00 inch Delaware OH Trained Spotter
&&Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Logan, Union | 37 min |
| Mar 14, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Shelby | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 8:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 8:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Logan, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby | 37 min |
| Mar 14, 9:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Delaware | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Montgomery, Preble | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 9:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 59 min |
| Mar 14, 9:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Miami | 37 min |
| Mar 14, 9:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign | 19 min |
| Mar 14, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Highland | 22 min |
| Mar 14, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union | 31 min |
| Mar 14, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 14, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 10:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Licking | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 22 min |
| Mar 14, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 11:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking, Ross | 29 min |
| Mar 14, 11:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Gallatin, Grant, Pendleton | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mason, Robertson | 49 min |
| Mar 15, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Owen | 23 min |
| Mar 14, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Wayne | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Wayne | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 9:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Wayne | 3 hr |
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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.