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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 15, 2024Grant County, Pendleton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT for Grant County, Pendleton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 14 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
Apr 15, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2024, 9:14 PM EDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grant County, KY, Pendleton County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2024-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 595 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2024-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Owen36 min
Apr 15, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPendleton32 min
Apr 15, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGrant36 min
Apr 15, 10:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGrant19 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.