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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 15, 2000Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2000, 8:33 PM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2000, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Licking County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2000-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 802 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2000-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 
WFUS51 KILN 160033
TORILN

OHC089-160100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
833 PM EDT SAT JUL 15 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LICKING COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

* AT 833 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR GRANVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NEWARK...
  HEBRON...
  HEATH...
  HARBOR HILLS...
  GRANVILLE SOUTH...
  GRANVILLE...
  BUCKEYE LAKE...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE 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.


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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.