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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 14, 1997Hocking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1997, 7:09 PM EDT for Hocking County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1997, 8:10 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hocking County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 7:47 PM EDTHail 1.25Laurelville, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-14Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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 142311 RRA
TORILN
OHC073-150010-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 810 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL OHIO

   ...HOCKING COUNTY
 
AT 705 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON DOPPLER RADAR
AND SPOTTER REPORTS 33 MILES WEST OF LOGAN MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WAS CROSSING ROUTE 207 NEAR ANDERSONVILLE IN ROSS
COUNTY AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO HOCKING COUNTY.

THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND...
        LAURELVILLE             BY 732 PM EDT
        GIBISONVILLE            BY 745 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Greene48 min
May 14, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette64 min
May 14, 6:01 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClinton, Fayette49 min
May 14, 6:37 PM EDTTornado WarningILNPickaway, Ross48 min
May 14, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin52 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.