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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 9, 2000Butler County, Preble County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2000, 5:42 PM EDT for Butler County, Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 9, 2000, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butler County, OH, Preble County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Aug 9, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ECountywide, OHNumerous trees knocked down across the county.
Aug 9, 5:55 PM EDTHail 1Countywide, OHQuarter size hail occurred in Hamilton and West Chester. Also, trees were knocked down across the county.

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
Aug 9, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2000-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2404 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 2000-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2404 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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

283 
WFUS51 KILN 092143 RRA
TORILN
OHC017-135-092230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
542 PM EDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PREBLE COUNTY IN OHIO...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

* AT 542 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CAMDEN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF OXFORD...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...              
  MIDDLETOWN...
  HAMILTON...
  SOMERVILLE...
  CAMDEN...
  WEST COLLEGE CORNER...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE
WEATHER INFORMATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 9:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke46 min
Aug 9, 9:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer42 min
Aug 9, 9:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble46 min
Aug 9, 9:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami37 min
Aug 9, 9:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby33 min
Aug 9, 9:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery47 min
Aug 9, 10:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark40 min
Aug 9, 10:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison32 min
Aug 9, 10:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Pickaway41 min
Aug 9, 11:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Licking43 min
Aug 9, 11:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking41 min
Aug 9, 11:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto48 min
Aug 9, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer43 min
Aug 9, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize36 min
Aug 9, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan33 min
Aug 9, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer49 min
Aug 9, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion52 min
Aug 9, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Franklin46 min
Aug 9, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby29 min
Aug 9, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark37 min
Aug 9, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble64 min
Aug 9, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield41 min
Aug 9, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler39 min
Aug 9, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Hamilton58 min
Aug 9, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking, Pickaway49 min
Aug 9, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Highland45 min
Aug 9, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren41 min
Aug 9, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown52 min
Aug 9, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery33 min
Aug 9, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Hamilton52 min
Aug 9, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams66 min
Aug 9, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningILNBrown25 min
Aug 9, 6:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNBrown84 min
Aug 9, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAdams46 min
Aug 9, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto58 min
Aug 9, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking52 min
Aug 9, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Hamilton63 min
Aug 9, 7:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNAdams116 min
Aug 9, 7:40 PM EDTTornado WarningILNScioto50 min
Aug 9, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown61 min
Aug 9, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.