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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 6, 2001Ross County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2001, 5:34 PM EDT for Ross 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
Jun 6, 2001, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 6, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EBainbridge, OHNumerous trees knocked down

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 2001-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2001-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1010 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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 062138
TORILN

OHC141-062200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
534 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

* AT 534 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 12
  MILES NEAR BAINBRIDGE...OR 20 MILES WEST OF CHILLICOTHE. 

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NORTH FOLK VILLAGE...
  FRANKFORT...
  CHILLICOTHE...
  BAINBRIDGE...

A TORNADO WAS REPORTED WITH THE STORM NEAR SAMANTHA.

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.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE
WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$

SITES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 4:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHamilton3 hr
Jun 6, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland47 min
Jun 6, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette42 min
Jun 6, 6:00 PM EDTTornado WarningILNPike60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.