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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 2, 2025Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2025, 9:56 PM EDT for Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 64 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 2, 2025, 9:56 PM EDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2025, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Destructive
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 2, 9:13 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 539 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 397 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 8.0

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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 2, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 7:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 8:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
816 PM EDT Wed Apr 2 2025

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-031000-
Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-
Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-
Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan-
Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Licking-Preble-Montgomery-
Greene-Pickaway-Fairfield-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hocking-
Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto-
816 PM EDT Wed Apr 2 2025

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

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.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

Severe storms are expected tonight. Damaging winds will be the main
threat, although large hail and a few tornadoes will also be
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 5:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
654 PM EDT Wed Apr 2 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 3 N Springboro          39.60N 84.23W
04/02/2025  M46 MPH          Montgomery         OH   ASOS

            KMGY ASOS.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 10:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Preble, Shelby	57 min
Apr 2, 11:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby	39 min
Apr 2, 11:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan, Shelby	52 min
Apr 2, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	47 min
Apr 2, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Preble	45 min
Apr 2, 11:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin	27 min
Apr 2, 11:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Preble	16 min
Apr 2, 11:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Montgomery, Preble	27 min
Apr 2, 11:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	24 min
Apr 2, 11:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene, Montgomery, Preble	33 min
Apr 3, 12:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Logan, Miami, Shelby	45 min
Apr 3, 12:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and 1 more	38 min
Apr 3, 12:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Montgomery, Warren	48 min
Apr 3, 12:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ILN	Hamilton	44 min
Apr 3, 12:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Union	28 min
Apr 3, 12:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 4 more	43 min
Apr 3, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene, Madison, Miami, Montgomery	45 min
Apr 3, 1:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Greene, Montgomery, Warren	14 min
Apr 3, 1:07 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	12 min
Apr 3, 1:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Highland and 3 more	46 min
Apr 3, 1:21 AM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILN	Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Highland	24 min
Apr 3, 1:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland	47 min
Apr 3, 1:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Pickaway	28 min
Apr 3, 1:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Highland, Licking and 3 more	50 min
Apr 3, 1:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	24 min
Apr 3, 1:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Pickaway, Ross	10 min
Apr 3, 2:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Licking	58 min
Apr 3, 2:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland, Pike, Ross, Scioto	66 min
Apr 3, 2:12 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	18 min
Apr 3, 2:16 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	18 min
Apr 3, 2:53 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	22 min
Apr 3, 3:20 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Scioto	25 min
Apr 3, 5:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	5 days
Apr 3, 12:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 1 more	59 min
Apr 3, 1:16 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Grant, Pendleton	29 min
Apr 3, 1:36 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Bracken, Pendleton	24 min
Apr 3, 4:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Robertson	5 days
Apr 3, 4:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Pendleton	5 days
Apr 2, 10:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	46 min
Apr 2, 11:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	55 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.