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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 26, 1997Fairfield County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 1997, 10:52 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 26, 1997, 10:52 PM EDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1997, 11:40 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Fairfield County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 26, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1997-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4383 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
4383 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILN 270251 RRA
TORILN
OHC045-270340-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1052 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1140 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL OHIO

   ...FAIRFIELD COUNTY
 
AT 1051 PM EDT...A DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON
DOPPLER RADAR IN THE VICINITY OF LANCASTER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND...
        SUGAR GROVE             BY 1059 PM EDT
        BREMEN                  BY 1102 PM EDT
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. YOUR QUICK REACTION TO THIS TORNADO
WARNING MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STRONGER SHELTER. REMEMBER...MOST TORNADO DEATHS OCCUR IN MOBILE
HOMES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:08 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLicking22 min
Jul 26, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking61 min
Jul 26, 8:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFairfield65 min
Jul 26, 8:40 PM EDTTornado WarningILNFairfield65 min
Jul 26, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPaulding, Putnam61 min
Jul 26, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking62 min
Jul 26, 10:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLicking48 min
Jul 26, 10:02 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLicking48 min
Jul 26, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware46 min
Jul 26, 10:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking49 min
Jul 26, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield64 min
Jul 26, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNVan Wert64 min
Jul 26, 10:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLicking2 hr
Jul 26, 10:56 PM EDTTornado WarningILNVan Wert64 min
Jul 26, 11:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking59 min
Jul 26, 11:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFairfield, Hocking4 hr
Jul 27, 12:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNLicking3 hr
Jul 27, 12:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin35 min
Jul 27, 1:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway60 min
Jul 27, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer47 min
Jul 27, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby38 min
Jul 27, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami44 min
Jul 27, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin46 min
Jul 27, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery50 min
Jul 27, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler47 min
Jul 27, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton44 min
Jul 27, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware49 min
Jul 27, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield42 min
Jul 27, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette31 min
Jul 27, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss63 min
Jul 27, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking40 min
Jul 27, 7:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNFairfield, Licking3 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.