Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2002, 12:44 AM EDT for Fairfield County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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 2, 2002, 12:44 AM EDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2002, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fairfield County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 12:47 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Baltimore, OH | Near Bader and Basil roads, winds topped off trees and knocked down power poles and power lines. |
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 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KILN 020444 TORILN OHC045-020515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1244 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 115 AM EDT... * AT 1244 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF BALTIMORE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PICKERINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... BALTIMORE... FAIRFIELD BEACH... MILLERSPORT... PLEASANTVILLE... 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. 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. $$ TIPTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 12:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 42 min |
| May 2, 12:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 44 min |
| May 2, 3:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 64 min |
| May 2, 3:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 47 min |
| May 2, 3:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin | 47 min |
| May 2, 3:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin | 48 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.