Tornado Warning 20, NWS Wilmington, OH

Issued

Jul 26, 1997, 10:02 PM EDT (02:02 UTC)

Expired

Jul 26, 1997, 10:50 PM EDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Licking County, OH

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS01 KILN 270201 RRA
TORILN
OHC089-270250-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED
TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1002 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1050 PM EDT
AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1050 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL OHIO

   ...LICKING COUNTY
 
AT 1000 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO AROUND OUTVILLE AND
HEATH. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH AND WILL TRACK
ACROSS THE TOWNS OF HEBRON...KIRKERSVILLE AND BUCKEYE LAKE. THIS
STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS SINCE THEY CAN EASILY SHATTER IN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR APPLIANCES
UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

FARINA

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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.