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Snow Squall Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 14, 20264 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this snow squall warning at Jan 14, 2026, 11:11 PM EST for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 49 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
Jan 14, 2026, 11:11 PM EST (04:11 UTC)
Expired
Jan 15, 2026, 12:00 AM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, OH, Greene County, OH, Madison County, OH, Pickaway County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 00:00Z on 2026-01-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2026-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -227 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-73 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
Jan 14, 10:36 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningILNClark, Greene, Madison39 min
Jan 15, 3:23 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryILNAdams, Brown, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield and 13 more9 hr

Nearby

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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.