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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 12, 2005Fayette County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2005, 7:53 PM EST for Fayette County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
Jun 12, 2005, 7:53 PM EST (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2005, 8:30 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fayette County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 8:00 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG5 Sw Connersville, IN1 TREE DOWN ON WAYNE RD.

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
Jun 12, 4:15 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 336 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
336 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 130053
TORILN
INC041-130130-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0004.050613T0053Z-050613T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM EST

* AT 749 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBIA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN
  FAYETTE COUNTY...INCLUDING GLENWOOD...BUNKER HILL...FALMOUTH AND
  BENTONVILLE.

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 3950 8532 3949 8522 3962 8520 3978 8520
      3979 8530

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KILN 130108
SVSILN

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

INC041-130130-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050613T0130Z/
FAYETTE IN-
805 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN
FAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 802 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF BENTONVILLE...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE
COUNTY.

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 3960 8530 3959 8518 3967 8517 3978 8516
      3979 8530

$$
000 
WWUS51 KILN 130121
SVSILN

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

INC041-130130-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050613T0130Z/
FAYETTE IN-
816 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN
FAYETTE COUNTY...

AT 811 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
CONNERSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.  A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 
AT 808 PM EST NEAR CONNERSVILLE.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE
COUNTY.

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 3960 8530 3959 8518 3967 8517 3978 8516
      3979 8530

$$
000 
WWUS51 KILN 130129
SVSILN

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

INC041-130139-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050613T0130Z/
FAYETTE IN-
829 PM EST SUN JUN 12 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830
PM EST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 3960 8530 3959 8518 3967 8517 3978 8516
      3979 8530

$$

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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.