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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 24, 2004Preble County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 6:31 PM EST for Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 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
Nov 24, 2004, 6:31 PM EST (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 7:00 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Preble County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 2:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Nov 24, 6:25 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 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 242331
TORILN
OHC135-250000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
630 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PREBLE COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 627 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR LEWISBURG..AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEWISBURG...

THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.

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.

LAT...LON 3991 8471 3975 8461 3979 8444 3991 8450

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 6:06 PM ESTTornado WarningILNPreble24 min
Nov 24, 6:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke39 min
Nov 24, 6:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.