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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 20, 2000Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2000, 8:35 PM EDT for Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 60 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
Apr 20, 2000, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2000, 9:35 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lewis County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 20, 8:45 PM EDTHail 1.75Camp Dix, KYGolfball size hail occurred in Camp Dix. Some trees were also knocked down by this storm.

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
Apr 20, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 462 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 00:00Z on 2000-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 397 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
462 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
397 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
561 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
9.4

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The text

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

309 
WFUS51 KILN 210035
TORILN
KYC135-210135-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
835 PM EDT THU APR 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

* UNTIL 935 PM EDT

* AT 830 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VANCEBURG... MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PETERSVILLE AT 840 PM EDT .
  KINNICONICK AT 851 PM EDT .
  CAMP DIX AT 853 PM EDT .
  VANCEBURG AT 858 PM EDT .

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IN THE LOWEST LEVEL
OF A SECURE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

.END/AR

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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.