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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 20, 2000Logan County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2000, 9:24 PM EDT for Logan County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2000, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2000, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Logan County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2000-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 810 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 2000-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
810 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 210125
TORILN
OHC091-210200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
924 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

* AT 924 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF BELLEFONTAINE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...  
  RUSSELLS POINT...
  DE GRAFF...
  BELLEFONTAINE...
  BELLE CENTER...

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.

.END/SEW/JF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.