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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 27, 2026Butler County, Preble County, Ohio; 4 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2026, 6:23 PM EDT for Butler County, Preble County, Ohio; 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 27, 2026, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2026, 6:49 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Butler County, OH, Preble County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 27, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 12:00Z on 2026-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 423 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 12:00Z on 2026-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Preble62 min
Jul 27, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby49 min
Jul 27, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Montgomery30 min
Jul 27, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Warren35 min
Jul 27, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClark, Greene34 min
Jul 27, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Warren40 min
Jul 27, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont, Hamilton35 min
Jul 27, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and 1 more47 min
Jul 27, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont23 min
Jul 27, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown, Highland35 min
Jul 27, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRipley27 min
Jul 27, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNOhio, Switzerland31 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.