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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 24, 2026Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2026, 6:02 PM EDT for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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 24, 2026, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2026, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Wayne County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2026-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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 2026-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke34 min
Apr 24, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRipley34 min
Apr 24, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFranklin, Ripley32 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.