Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1997, 6:01 PM EDT for Clinton County, Fayette County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1997, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1997, 6:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, OH, Fayette County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Sabina, OH | A mini supercell spawned a tornado along a warm frontal boundary. Roofs were blown off a grain bin, hog harrowing house, and several farm buildings. |
| May 14, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Jasper Mills, OH | A mini supercell spawned a tornado that moved out of Clinton county into Fayette county. A shed was destroyed, a barn and 2 houses were damaged, and 8 trees were downed. |
| May 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Washington Court Hou, OH |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 16 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
950
WFUS01 KILN 142203 RRA
TORILN
OHC027-047-142250-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
601 PM EDT WED MAY 14 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 650 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO
...CLINTON COUNTY
IN CENTRAL OHIO
...FAYETTE COUNTY
AT 600 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON DOPPLER RADAR
AND SPOTTER REPORTS 12 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND...
I-71 AT MILE MARKER 55 BY 606 PM EDT
OCTA BY 607 PM EDT
MILLEDGEVILLE BY 610 PM EDT
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE BY 626 PM EDT
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IN A HOME OR
BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID
WINDOWS.
SANDLER
&The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Greene | 48 min |
| May 14, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette | 64 min |
| May 14, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Pickaway, Ross | 48 min |
| May 14, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 52 min |
| May 14, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Hocking | 61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.