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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 11, 2006Clinton County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2006, 9:02 PM EDT for Clinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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
Jul 11, 2006, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2006, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clinton County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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
Jul 11, 9:05 PM EDTTORNADO4 N Wilmington, OHBRIEF TORNADO SPOTTED JUST SOUTH OF I-71 AT US 68

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 2006-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1212 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
1212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 120103
TORILN
OHC027-120130-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0013.060712T0102Z-060712T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
902 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 900 PM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT 
  CENTER ROAD AND U.S. 68. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO          
  PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED   NEAR INTERSTATE 71 AT US ROUTE       
  68...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
  CLINTON COUNTY...INCLUDING PORT WILLIAM AND BLOOMINGTON.

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO...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

LAT...LON 3949 8397 3943 8385 3954 8359 3956 8387

$$
 TIPTON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 8:19 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClermont26 min
Jul 11, 8:36 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClinton24 min
Jul 11, 9:09 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClermont, Warren51 min
Jul 11, 9:18 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClinton42 min
Jul 12, 7:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNHardin3 hr

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.