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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 29, 20254 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2025, 3:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 42 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 29, 2025, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2025, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, OH, Highland County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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 29, 12:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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: 357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 29, 2:08 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 2:08 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 4:30 AM EDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
430 AM EDT Tue Apr 29 2025

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-300830-
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-
430 AM EDT Tue Apr 29 2025

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...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are likely today. Some storms may be
strong to severe during the afternoon and evening with damaging
straight line winds being the primary threat. Additionally, large
hail and an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

A few strong to severe storms are possible on Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:51 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:55 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:56 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:56 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:59 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:02 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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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 29, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILN	Butler, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Warren	55 min
Apr 29, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	57 min
Apr 29, 1:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Greene, Hamilton and 3 more	57 min
Apr 29, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren	52 min
Apr 29, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Madison and 2 more	57 min
Apr 29, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Pickaway, Ross	49 min
Apr 29, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking, Pickaway	58 min
Apr 29, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Highland	49 min
Apr 29, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	55 min
Apr 29, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler	50 min
Apr 29, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery	42 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown	41 min
Apr 29, 5:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler	3 hr
Apr 29, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren	46 min
Apr 29, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler	41 min
Apr 29, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	56 min
Apr 29, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene, Montgomery	31 min
Apr 29, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams	47 min
Apr 29, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	47 min
Apr 29, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	56 min
Apr 29, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton, Fayette	36 min
Apr 29, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign	44 min
Apr 29, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland	41 min
Apr 29, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont	36 min
Apr 29, 7:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	3 hr
Apr 29, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ross	52 min
Apr 29, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown, Highland	49 min
Apr 29, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	50 min
Apr 29, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	33 min
Apr 29, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant, Owen	35 min
Apr 29, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Owen	39 min
Apr 29, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant, Pendleton	39 min
Apr 29, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mason, Robertson	33 min
Apr 29, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant	39 min
Apr 29, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Pendleton	52 min
Apr 29, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Robertson	39 min
Apr 29, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Pendleton	46 min
Apr 29, 12:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne	59 min
Apr 29, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ripley	45 min
Apr 29, 12:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	56 min
Apr 29, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	39 min
Apr 29, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	42 min
Apr 29, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ripley	56 min
Apr 29, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley	45 min
Apr 29, 6:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Ripley	2 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.