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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 6, 2005Darke County, Preble County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2005, 5:19 AM EST for Darke County, Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 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
Nov 6, 2005, 5:19 AM EST (10:19 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2005, 5:45 AM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Darke County, OH, Preble County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 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
Nov 6, 5:21 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGNew Paris, OHONE TREE DOWN. NUMEROUS 1 FOOT LIMBS DOWN.

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
Nov 6, 3:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2005-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 300 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 2005-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 061018
TORILN
OHC037-135-061045-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0009.051106T1019Z-051106T1045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DARKE COUNTY IN OHIO
  NORTHERN PREBLE COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 545 AM EST

* AT 515 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW PARIS...
  NEW MADISON...
  ARCANUM...

IN ADDITION...ELDORADO...WEST MANCHESTER...CASTINE...WAYNE LAKES...
ITHACA...GORDON...ABBOTTSVILLE AND PITSBURG 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 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
INDIANA AND OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100
AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA AND KENTUCKY AND OHIO.

LAT...LON 3994 8483 3974 8483 3992 8443 4018 8444

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KILN 061035
SVSILN

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

OHC135-061044-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051106T1045Z/
PREBLE OH-
534 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PREBLE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
INDIANA AND OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100
AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA AND KENTUCKY AND OHIO.

LAT...LON 3995 8471 3991 8457 3995 8445 4018 8444

$$

OHC037-061045-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-051106T1045Z/
DARKE OH-
534 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
DARKE COUNTY...

AT 532 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ITHACA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARCANUM.

IN ADDITION...ABBOTTSVILLE...PITSBURG...UNION CORNERS...GETTYSBURG
AND HORATIO ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
INDIANA AND OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100
AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA AND KENTUCKY AND OHIO.

LAT...LON 3995 8471 3991 8457 3995 8445 4018 8444

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 2:52 AM ESTWind AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield and 14 more13 hr
Nov 6, 3:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer41 min
Nov 6, 3:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke39 min
Nov 6, 5:44 AM ESTTornado WarningILNMiami16 min
Nov 6, 6:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke43 min
Nov 6, 6:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby42 min
Nov 6, 6:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami60 min
Nov 6, 7:02 AM ESTTornado WarningILNBrown28 min
Nov 6, 7:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan39 min
Nov 6, 7:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont35 min
Nov 6, 7:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Warren39 min
Nov 6, 8:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Union30 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.