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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 24, 2001Clinton County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 7:37 PM EDTTornado F0Wilmington, OHA 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 2001-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery45 min
May 24, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene45 min
May 24, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark41 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.