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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2024, 6:07 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Franklin County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 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 30, 2024, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2024, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fairfield County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Licking County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 30, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 30, 2:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 2:58 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 225 PM EDT Sat Mar 30 2024 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ034-035-042>044-051>055- 060>064-070>074-077>082-088-311830- Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland- Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken- Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan-Miami- Champaign-Clark-Madison-Preble-Montgomery-Greene-Pickaway-Butler- Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hocking-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland-Adams- Pike-Scioto- 225 PM EDT Sat Mar 30 2024 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...Tonight. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected Sunday through Tuesday. Repeated rainfall could lead to flooding concerns, and there is also a chance for a few strong to severe storms. Large hail and damaging winds would be the main threat with any severe storm. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ026-045-046-056-065-311830- Hardin-Union-Delaware-Licking-Fairfield- 225 PM EDT Sat Mar 30 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Ohio and west central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight. An isolated strong to severe storm will be possible late afternoon into early evening. Large hail and gusty winds will be primary threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected Sunday through Tuesday. Repeated rainfall could lead to flooding concerns, and there is also a chance for a few strong to severe storms. Large hail and damaging winds would be the main threat with any severe storm. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 5:42 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 15 min |
| Mar 30, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 31 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.