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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 2, 20065 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2006, 9:47 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 58 min. 7 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
Apr 2, 2006, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2006, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dearborn County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 10:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHolton, INEIGHT 24 INCH TREES DOWN
Apr 2, 10:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG8 Se Versailles, INMOBILE HOME DAMAGED. 2 S OF CROSS PLAINS.
Apr 2, 10:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG10 N Vevay, INTREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
Apr 2, 10:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGAurora, INTREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
Apr 2, 10:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBrookville, INTREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
Apr 2, 10:40 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRising Sun, INTREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
Apr 2, 10:40 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 60Osgood, INALSO HAD TREE 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
Apr 2, 9:40 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2006-04-03Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS51 KILN 030149
SVRILN
INC029-047-115-137-155-030245-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0021.060403T0147Z-060403T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
947 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DEARBORN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
  OHIO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
  SWITZERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 943 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR   INDICATED 
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE    
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED       
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 36 MILES WEST OF HAMBURG TO 33         
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOOREFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OSGOOD...
  VERSAILLES...
  BATESVILLE...
  VEVAY...
  OLDENBURG...
  MILAN...
  DILLSBORO...
  MOORES HILL...

IN ADDITION...HOLTON...NEW MARION...REXVILLE...NAPOLEON...AND 
MOOREFIELD ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING 
WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS

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 3949 8527 3927 8526 3917 8542 3894 8542
      3895 8521 3873 8519 3881 8484 3951 8487

$$

RYAN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KILN 030229
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1029 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

INC029-047-115-137-155-030245-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060403T0245Z/
FRANKLIN IN-DEARBORN IN-RIPLEY IN-OHIO IN-SWITZERLAND IN-
1029 PM EDT SUN APR 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR SWITZERLAND...OHIO...EASTERN RIPLEY...DEARBORN AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES...

AT 1025 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TRAILER DAMAGED 
SOUTH OF CROSS PLAINS. RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 
DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF 
MOUNT CARMEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF DEARBORN...EASTERN
RIPLEY...FRANKLIN...OHIO AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES.

THESE STORMS HAVE 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 400 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3948 8524 3927 8526 3916 8521 3900 8520
      3895 8521 3874 8514 3881 8484 3951 8487

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne63 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.