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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2005, 4:40 PM EST for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 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 19, 2005, 4:40 PM EST (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2005, 5:35 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ripley County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 19, 2:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KILN 192141
SVRILN
INC137-192230-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0028.050519T2140Z-050519T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
540 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT(530 PM EST)
* AT 537 PM EDT(437 PM EST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
HOLTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSGOOD...
VERSAILLES...
MILAN...
IN ADDITION...HOLTON...OTTER VILLAGE...NEW MARION...VERSAILLES
LAKE...BENHAM...OLEAN...CROSS PLAINS AND FRIENDSHIP ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.
LAT...LON 3903 8545 3919 8545 3914 8512 3893 8515
3893 8521 3892 8522 3894 8525 3899 8546
3903 8546
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KILN 192210
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
608 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
INC137-192230-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050519T2230Z/
RIPLEY IN-
608 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EDT (530 PM
EST) FOR SOUTHERN RIPLEY COUNTY...
AT 555 PM EDT (455 PM EST)...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LARGE
TREE DOWN JUST WEST OF OSGOOD. RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS
TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VERSAILLES LAKE...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILAN.
IN ADDITION...FRIENDSHIP IS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY
EVENING(900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING) FOR INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3898 8539 3918 8535 3914 8512 3893 8515
3893 8521 3892 8522 3894 8525
$$000
WWUS51 KILN 192235
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
635 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
INC137-192245-
/O.EXP.KILN.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-050519T2230Z/
RIPLEY IN-
635 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RIPLEY COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY
EVENING(900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING) FOR INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3898 8539 3918 8535 3914 8512 3893 8515
3893 8521 3892 8522 3894 8525
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 19, 4:12 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 4:12 PM EST, 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 512 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF THIS AFTERNOON)... UPDATED TO REMOVE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF WHITEWATER VALLEY FROM TORNADO WATCH. ACTIVE CELL MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THEM AND REMAINDER OF ACTIVITY WILL BE WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS THROUGH 2Z. FRANKS && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS... (ISSUED 324 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005) SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)... GENERALLY HAD MINOR CHANGES IN GRIDS. WENT COOLER IN THE NORTH TONIGHT AS BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO BE ALONG I-70 CORRIDOR BY DAYBREAK. LIKEWISE...RAISED TEMPS A FEW DEG IN THE SOUTH AS THEY SHOULD STAY WARM SECTORED THROUGH THE EVENING. MAJORITY OF FORCING WILL BE FOUND EARLY THIS EVENING IN THE CLOUD FREE WARM SECTOR SW OF CWA. THIS WILL GET TAKEN OVER BY H5 LOW DROPPING IN OHVLY FROM THE NW AND PRIMARILY KEEP THE SWRN CWA IN LIKELY POPS TONIGHT. EXPECT MAJORITY OF FCST AREA N OF OHRIVER TO BE GRUNGED OUT WITH STABLE AIR AT THE SFC DUE TO EARLIER SHOWERS. CLOUDS EXPECTED TO LINGER FRI AND NRLY FLOW HAS TEMPS ONCE AGAIN BELOW NORMAL. GRADUAL WARMUP EXPECTED SAT AS CLEARING SKIES WOULD ALLOW DIRECT SUNSHINE TO WARM READINGS BACK TO THE MID AND POSSIBLY SOME UPPER 70S. FRANKS LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... UPPER FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUT OF THE NORTH THROUGH MID WEEK AS A PAIR OF UPPER LOWS MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TO THE EAST COAST. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPS RELATIVELY COOL AND DAMP. THE COOLEST DAY WILL COME ON MONDAY WITH THE THREAT OF AFT INSTABILITY SHOWERS. A SLOW WARM UP WILL THEN TAKE PLACE INTO MID WEEK WITH TEMPS CLIMBING BACK TO NEAR NORMAL. TIPTON && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... BUSY WX THIS AFTERNOON AS HEAVIEST SHOWER/TS ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO BRING CIGS INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY. CIGS TO REMAIN UP FOR A WHILE THIS AFTERNOON ALTHOUGH VSBYS WILL BE HAMPERED BY ANY ACTIVITY AND LEFTOVER BR THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FROM PAST RAINS. DONT BRING IN CIGS BLO VFR CATEGORY UNTIL THE EVENING HOURS AND GENERALLY KEEP THEM THERE THROUGH THE FCST. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:50 AM EST, 12 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 450 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-200850- ADAMS OH-AUGLAIZE OH-BOONE KY-BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-BUTLER OH- CAMPBELL KY-CARROLL KY-CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-CLERMONT OH-CLINTON OH- DARKE OH-DEARBORN IN-DELAWARE OH-FAIRFIELD OH-FAYETTE OH-FAYETTE IN- FRANKLIN OH-FRANKLIN IN-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-GREENE OH-HAMILTON OH- HARDIN OH-HIGHLAND OH-HOCKING OH-KENTON KY-LEWIS KY-LICKING OH- LOGAN OH-MADISON OH-MASON KY-MERCER OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH- OHIO IN-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-PICKAWAY OH-PIKE OH-PREBLE OH-RIPLEY IN- ROBERTSON KY-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-SHELBY OH-SWITZERLAND IN-UNION OH- UNION IN-WARREN OH-WAYNE IN- 450 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 10:55 AM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1155 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-192154- ADAMS OH-AUGLAIZE OH-BOONE KY-BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-BUTLER OH- CAMPBELL KY-CARROLL KY-CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-CLERMONT OH-CLINTON OH- DARKE OH-DEARBORN IN-DELAWARE OH-FAIRFIELD OH-FAYETTE OH-FAYETTE IN- FRANKLIN OH-FRANKLIN IN-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-GREENE OH-HAMILTON OH- HARDIN OH-HIGHLAND OH-HOCKING OH-KENTON KY-LEWIS KY-LICKING OH- LOGAN OH-MADISON OH-MASON KY-MERCER OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH- OHIO IN-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-PICKAWAY OH-PIKE OH-PREBLE OH-RIPLEY IN- ROBERTSON KY-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-SHELBY OH-SWITZERLAND IN-UNION OH- UNION IN-WARREN OH-WAYNE IN- 1155 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AS THESE STORMS FOCUS ON A WARM FRONT THAT IS MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. SHOWERS BEHIND THE WARM FRONT WILL BE MORE SCATTERED...BUT HAVE A GREATER POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THE BEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...AND IN THE SCIOTO RIVER VALLEY SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER ALL HAZARDS RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
Local storm report, May 19, 3:01 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
401 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG OTWAY 38.87N 83.19W
05/19/2005 SCIOTO OH EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN FROM THUNDERSTORM WINDS
&&
JDRSpecial weather statement, May 19, 3:57 PM EST, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 357 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 INZ050-058-059-192200- FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONNERSVILLE...RICHMOND 357 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH 291 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SHELBYVILLE AND COLUMBUS INDIANA...BACK INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL REMAINING SOUTH OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS A RESULT...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FAYETTE...UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES. INZ066-073>075-080-192200- DEARBORN-FRANKLIN IN-OHIO-RIPLEY-SWITZERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES 357 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH 291 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST... A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SHELBYVILLE AND COLUMBUS INDIANA...BACK INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AFFECTING VERSAILLES AND BROOKVILLE BY 5 PM EST. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS IN CENTRAL INDIANA. USE CAUTION IF OUTDOORS THIS EVENING. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER ALL HAZARDS RADIO FOR UPDATES. RYAN
Special weather statement, May 19, 3:57 PM EST, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 357 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 INZ050-058-059-192200- FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONNERSVILLE...RICHMOND 357 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH 291 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SHELBYVILLE AND COLUMBUS INDIANA...BACK INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS A RESULT...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FAYETTE...UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES. INZ066-073>075-080-192200- DEARBORN-FRANKLIN IN-OHIO-RIPLEY-SWITZERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES 357 PM EST THU MAY 19 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH 291 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST... A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR SHELBYVILLE AND COLUMBUS INDIANA...BACK INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AFFECTING VERSAILLES AND BROOKVILLE BY 5 PM EST. WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS IN CENTRAL INDIANA. USE CAUTION IF OUTDOORS THIS EVENING. KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND WATCH FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER ALL HAZARDS RADIO FOR UPDATES. RYAN
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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.