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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 31, 2004Adams County, Brown County, Ohio; Mason County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2004, 1:09 AM EDT for Adams County, Brown County, Ohio; Mason County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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 31, 2004, 1:09 AM EDT (05:09 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Mason County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 1:11 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGMaysville, KYTREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
May 31, 1:11 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGMaysville, KYTREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
May 31, 1:26 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 S West Union, OHNUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY. BARN MOVED TO ROADWAY.
May 31, 1:26 AM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 S West Union, OHNUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY. BARN MOVED TO ROADWAY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 9:20 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 778 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 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

230 
WFUS51 KILN 310509
TORILN
KYC161-OHC001-015-310545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
109 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MASON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY
  ADAMS COUNTY IN OHIO
  BROWN COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT

* AT 106 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ABERDEEN...
  OR ABOUT OVER MAYSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEST UNION...
  SARDINIA...
  RIPLEY...
  MANCHESTER...
  WASHINGTON...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
INDIANA AND KENTUCKY AND OHIO.

LAT...LON 3878 8394 3875 8386 3873 8392 3857 8390
      3863 8367 3864 8365 3880 8353 3880 8371
      3901 8368 3903 8387 3924 8387 3924 8398
      3878 8405

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningILNLogan33 min
May 30, 10:49 PM EDTTornado WarningILNDarke, Mercer41 min
May 30, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery, Preble62 min
May 30, 11:30 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMiami, Shelby45 min
May 30, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton65 min
May 31, 12:03 AM EDTTornado WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Logan42 min
May 31, 12:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMontgomery44 min
May 31, 12:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Warren37 min
May 31, 12:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene52 min
May 31, 12:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClark46 min
May 31, 12:52 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown38 min
May 31, 1:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMadison38 min
May 31, 1:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland47 min
May 31, 1:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Ross39 min
May 31, 1:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto50 min
May 31, 12:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGrant, Owen40 min
May 31, 12:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCampbell, Kenton, Pendleton38 min
May 31, 1:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis56 min
May 31, 1:34 AM EDTTornado WarningILNLewis26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.