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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2024, 2:36 PM EDT for Darke County, Miami County, Shelby County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 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 17, 2024, 2:36 PM EDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2024, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Darke County, OH, Miami County, OH, Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 12:18 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 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 Apr 17, 1:40 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 1:40 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 1053 AM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024 KYZ097>100-OHZ078-079-081-088-181000- Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Clermont-Brown-Adams-Scioto- 1053 AM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky, northern Kentucky, south central Ohio and southwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Breezy south winds will gust to around 40 mph at times this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>096-OHZ077-181000- Franklin-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone- Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Hamilton- 1053 AM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky and southwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Breezy south winds will gust to around 40 mph at times this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Another round of showers and storms is likely late Thursday evening. A few strong to severe storms will be possible, with gusty to damaging winds being the primary threat. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed late Thursday evening. INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-080- 082-181000- Wayne-Fayette-Union-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan- Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Franklin-Licking-Preble- Montgomery-Greene-Pickaway-Fairfield-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross- Hocking-Highland-Pike- 1053 AM EDT Wed Apr 17 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Indiana, central Ohio, south central Ohio, southwest Ohio and west central Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon. Some of these thunderstorms may be severe. Primary threats include strong/damaging winds and large hail. A tornado or two cannot be ruled out. Outside of the the thunderstorms, breezy south winds will gust to around 40 mph at times this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Areas of frost or patchy frost will be possible both Saturday night and Sunday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 1:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Shelby | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Miami, Shelby | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin, Logan | 24 min |
| Apr 17, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Champaign, Miami | 34 min |
| Apr 17, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Madison, Union | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Logan, Union | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Madison, Union | 24 min |
| Apr 17, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Madison | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Madison | 32 min |
| Apr 17, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Licking | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 10 min |
| Apr 17, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Madison, Pickaway | 25 min |
| Apr 17, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Pickaway | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pickaway | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross | 65 min |
| Apr 17, 7:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Hocking, Pickaway, Ross | 12 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.