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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 2, 1997Greene County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1997, 6:52 PM EDT for Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 2, 1997, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1997, 7:40 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Greene County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 7:00 PM EDTTornado F2New Jasper, OHA brief tornado developed in the apex of a bow echo that moved across the county. A house was blown off its foundation and moved 35 feet away.

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 1997-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 88 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 12:00Z on 1997-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
88 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

992 
WFUS01 KILN 022253 RRA
TORILN
OHC057-022340-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
652 PM EDT WED JUL 2 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 740 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO

   ...GREENE COUNTY
 
AT 650 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON
DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF XENIA. THE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN PAINTERSVILLE AND
BOWERSVILLE BY 735 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 AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer, Van Wert46 min
Jul 2, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer32 min
Jul 2, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize47 min
Jul 2, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke45 min
Jul 2, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby48 min
Jul 2, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Logan48 min
Jul 2, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningILNPreble49 min
Jul 2, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion32 min
Jul 2, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark33 min
Jul 2, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison47 min
Jul 2, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery33 min
Jul 2, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningILNFranklin62 min
Jul 2, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware34 min
Jul 2, 6:20 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMontgomery30 min
Jul 2, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler33 min
Jul 2, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble45 min
Jul 2, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking46 min
Jul 2, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene48 min
Jul 2, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery, Warren47 min
Jul 2, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway47 min
Jul 2, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WarningILNButler, Warren47 min
Jul 2, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield46 min
Jul 2, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton49 min
Jul 2, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton48 min
Jul 2, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette47 min
Jul 2, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking33 min
Jul 2, 7:22 PM EDTTornado WarningILNHamilton33 min
Jul 2, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland, Ross47 min
Jul 2, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WarningILNWarren35 min
Jul 2, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont46 min
Jul 2, 7:58 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClermont47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.