Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2001, 7:34 PM EDT for Clinton 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
- May 24, 2001, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2001, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Wilmington, OH | A brief tornado touchdown was observed by air traffic controller at Wilmington Airport |
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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KILN 242334 TORILN OHC027-250000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 734 PM EDT THU MAY 24 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLINTON COUNTY IN OHIO... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT... * AT 734 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS OBSERVED JUST EAST OF WILIMINGTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... EAST SIDE OF WILMINGTON... SABINA... NEW VIENNA... 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. $$ RANDALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 45 min |
| May 24, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 41 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.