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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 12, 2005Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2005, 6:54 PM EST for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 12, 2005, 6:54 PM EST (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2005, 7:18 PM EST
In force
24 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), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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
Jun 12, 4:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2005-06-12Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 122354
TORILN
INC137-130045-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0003.050612T2354Z-050613T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
654 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 745 PM EST

* AT 651 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VERSAILLES...
  OSGOOD...
  BATESVILLE...

IN ADDITION...VERSAILLES LAKE...OTTER VILLAGE AND NAPOLEON 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 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3897 8555 3895 8527 3932 8519 3920 8544

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KILN 130003
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
803 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005

INC137-130045-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050613T0045Z/
RIPLEY IN-
703 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN
RIPLEY COUNTY...

AT 656 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NAPOLEON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATESVILLE.

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 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3904 8552 3901 8535 3930 8521 3920 8544

$$
000 
WWUS51 KILN 130018
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
819 PM EDT SUN JUN 12 2005

INC137-130029-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050613T0045Z/
RIPLEY IN-
719 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RIPLEY COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
INDIANA AND KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3904 8552 3901 8535 3930 8521 3920 8544

$$

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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.