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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 9, 2001Greene County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2001, 10:04 PM EDT for Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 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 9, 2001, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2001, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Greene County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 9, 10:20 PM EDTHail 3Yellow Spgs, OH

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 9, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 2001-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1457 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 00:00Z on 2001-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
1457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 100204
TORILN
OHC057-100230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1004 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...

* AT 1004 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF
  JAMESTOWN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF XENIA...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SHAWNEE HILLS...
  JAMESTOWN...
  CEDARVILLE...

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.


$$
JDR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison45 min
Apr 9, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton43 min
Apr 9, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren30 min
Apr 9, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin59 min
Apr 9, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss39 min
Apr 9, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette49 min
Apr 9, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway43 min
Apr 9, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland23 min
Apr 9, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield53 min
Apr 9, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss65 min
Apr 9, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery40 min
Apr 9, 9:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene58 min
Apr 9, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke57 min
Apr 9, 9:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking39 min
Apr 9, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland51 min
Apr 9, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike38 min
Apr 9, 9:42 PM EDTTornado WarningILNDarke48 min
Apr 9, 10:01 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMiami44 min
Apr 9, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette45 min
Apr 9, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery42 min
Apr 9, 10:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark, Greene62 min
Apr 9, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway43 min
Apr 9, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss38 min
Apr 9, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette47 min
Apr 9, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison28 min
Apr 9, 11:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton36 min
Apr 9, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss32 min
Apr 9, 11:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland51 min
Apr 9, 11:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRoss43 min
Apr 10, 12:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike35 min
Apr 10, 1:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby38 min
Apr 10, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking37 min
Apr 10, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.