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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 29, 2003Highland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2003, 8:34 PM EDT for Highland County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2003, 8:34 PM EDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2003, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Highland County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2003-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
168 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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 300034
TORILN
OHC071-300100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
832 PM EDT THU MAY 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT...

* AT 832 PM EDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST SOUTHWEST  
  OF HILLSBORO. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. 
  THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BELFAST...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER.

LAT...LON 3917 8368 3919 8350 3905 8346 3902 8368

$$
AR

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.