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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 14, 1997Pickaway County, Ross County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1997, 6:37 PM EDT for Pickaway County, Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 1997, 7:25 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Pickaway County, OH, Ross County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 14, 7:00 PM EDT	Tornado F1	Greenland, OH	A second tornado formed from a mini-supercell which tracked across much of northern Ross county. Much of the county is open fields so very little structural damage occurred. However, a barn roof was ripped off and power lines were downed near Kingston.
May 14, 7:03 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Whisler, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILN 142240 RRA
TORILN
OHC129-141-142325-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
637 PM EDT WED MAY 14 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 725 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL OHIO

   ...PICKAWAY COUNTY
   ...ROSS COUNTY
 
AT 633 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON DOPPLER RADAR
20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF CIRCLEVILLE OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CHILLICOTHE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND...
        CLARKSBURG              BY 647 PM EDT
        WILLIAMSPORT            BY 650 PM EDT
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...A BASEMENT OR STORM CELLAR
OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY
FURNITURE. A GOOD ALTERNATIVE SHELTER IS AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSEST ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. STAY AWRAY FROM 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, 6:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette	49 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.