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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 10:49 PM EDT for Darke County, Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 41 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2004, 10:49 PM EDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 11:07 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Union City, OH | |
| May 30, 11:07 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Union City, OH | |
| May 30, 11:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palestine, OH | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| May 30, 11:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Palestine, OH | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| May 30, 11:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenville, OH | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
| May 30, 11:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greenville, OH | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
982 WFUS51 KILN 310249 TORILN OHC037-107-310330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1048 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DARKE COUNTY IN OHIO MERCER COUNTY IN OHIO * UNTIL 1130 PM EDT * AT 946 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES WEST OF FORT RECOVERY TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNION CITY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VERSAILLES... ST. HENRY... ROCKFORD... GREENVILLE... COLDWATER... CELINA... BRADFORD... ANSONIA... DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. IN ADDITION...TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP ANYWHERE ALONG THIS LINE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA AND OHIO. LAT...LON 4063 8487 4002 8486 4009 8441 4074 8446 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Logan | 33 min |
| May 30, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 62 min |
| May 30, 11:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 45 min |
| May 30, 11:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 65 min |
| May 31, 12:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Logan | 42 min |
| May 31, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 44 min |
| May 31, 12:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 37 min |
| May 31, 12:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 52 min |
| May 31, 12:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 46 min |
| May 31, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown | 38 min |
| May 31, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison | 38 min |
| May 31, 1:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown | 36 min |
| May 31, 1:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland | 47 min |
| May 31, 1:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 39 min |
| May 31, 1:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 50 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.