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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 14, 2000Clermont County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2000, 3:20 PM EDT for Clermont County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 14, 2000, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Clermont County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 3:45 PM EDTHail 0.75Newtonsville, OH
Jul 14, 4:00 PM EDTHail 2.5Felicity, OHA supercell dropped hail for more than 10 minutes around Felicity. The largest hail during that period was the size of tennis balls. Significant damage occurred to tobacco and corn crops in the area. Also, some damage occurred to both car windows and house

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2000-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 203 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2000-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 141921
TORILN

OHC025-142000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
320 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLERMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

* AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF
  MILFORD...OR ABOUT OVER MADEIRA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WITHAMSVILLE...
  WILLIAMSBURG...
  MILFORD...
  BETHEL...
  BATAVIA...
  AMELIA...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVASCUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin56 min
Jul 14, 1:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami27 min
Jul 14, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami22 min
Jul 14, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion35 min
Jul 14, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark54 min
Jul 14, 2:12 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClark48 min
Jul 14, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler38 min
Jul 14, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene51 min
Jul 14, 2:34 PM EDTTornado WarningILNUnion26 min
Jul 14, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware58 min
Jul 14, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton40 min
Jul 14, 3:03 PM EDTTornado WarningILNHamilton27 min
Jul 14, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont34 min
Jul 14, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin62 min
Jul 14, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette35 min
Jul 14, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton26 min
Jul 14, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark49 min
Jul 14, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking45 min
Jul 14, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont47 min
Jul 14, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss58 min
Jul 14, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Madison66 min
Jul 14, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown56 min
Jul 14, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene48 min
Jul 14, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette59 min
Jul 14, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway67 min
Jul 14, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss80 min
Jul 14, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike27 min
Jul 14, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams44 min
Jul 14, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Union72 min
Jul 14, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Licking73 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.