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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 6, 2005Brown County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2005, 7:02 AM EST for Brown County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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: Nov 6, 2005, 7:02 AM EST (12:02 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2005, 7:30 AM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brown County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:02 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
Nov 6, 7:20 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ene Georgetown, OH	TREES DOWN IN RUSSELLVILLE
Nov 6, 7:25 AM EST	TORNADO	2 E Georgetown, OH	PUBLIC REPORT OF BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN A FIELD NEAR RUSSELLVILLE.

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
Nov 6, 4:55 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 424 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 505 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 4.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 061202
TORILN
OHC015-061230-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0013.051106T1202Z-051106T1230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
702 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 730 AM EST

* AT 657 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGGINSPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RIPLEY...
  GEORGETOWN...

IN ADDITION...SOUTH RIPLEY...REDOAK...RUSSELLVILLE...DECATUR...STATE
ROUTE 32 AT US ROUTE 62 AND FINCASTLE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID
WINDOWS

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING
FOR INDIANA AND KENTUCKY AND OHIO.

LAT...LON 3900 8375 3901 8367 3901 8367 3900 8369
      3877 8371 3873 8384 3876 8387 3878 8395
      3877 8404 3878 8405

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS51 KILN 061216
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
716 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

OHC015-061230-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-051106T1230Z/
BROWN OH-
716 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN BROWN
COUNTY...

AT 716 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY...
INCLUDING STATE ROUTE 32 AT US ROUTE 62 AND FINCASTLE.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID
WINDOWS

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING
FOR INDIANA AND KENTUCKY AND OHIO.

LAT...LON 3900 8375 3901 8367 3901 8367 3900 8369
      3877 8371 3873 8384 3876 8387 3878 8395
      3877 8404 3878 8405

$$

000 
WWUS51 KILN 061227
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
726 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

OHC015-061236-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-051106T1230Z/
BROWN OH-
726 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 AM
EST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING
FOR INDIANA AND KENTUCKY AND OHIO.

LAT...LON 3900 8375 3901 8367 3901 8367 3900 8369
      3877 8371 3873 8384 3876 8387 3878 8395
      3877 8404 3878 8405

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 6, 2:52 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield and 14 more	13 hr
Nov 6, 3:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	41 min
Nov 6, 3:51 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	39 min
Nov 6, 5:19 AM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Darke, Preble	26 min
Nov 6, 5:44 AM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Miami	16 min
Nov 6, 6:02 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	43 min
Nov 6, 6:33 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Shelby	42 min
Nov 6, 6:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami	60 min
Nov 6, 7:21 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Logan	39 min
Nov 6, 7:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont	35 min
Nov 6, 7:36 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	39 min
Nov 6, 8:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Union	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.