Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2006, 5:14 PM EDT for Hardin County, Logan County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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
- May 25, 2006, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hardin County, OH, Logan County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 10 Sw Kenton, OH | |
| May 25, 5:54 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Huntsville, OH |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:34 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KILN 252114 TORILN OHC065-091-252200- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0002.060525T2114Z-060525T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 514 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSSELLS POINT... BELLE CENTER... IN ADDITION...LEWISTOWN...HUNTSVILLE...ROUNDHEAD...NORTHWOOD... RUSHSYLVANIA...SILVER CREEK...BIG SPRINGS AND RIDGEWAY 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 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4056 8398 4040 8399 4046 8356 4060 8355 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KILN 252120 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 519 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 OHC065-091-252200- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060525T2200Z/ LOGAN OH-HARDIN OH- 519 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN AND NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES... AT 515 PM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD OVER INDIAN LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELLE CENTER. IN ADDITION...HUNTSVILLE...NORTHWOOD...SILVER CREEK...RUSHSYLVANIA... BIG SPRINGS...MENTZER AND RIDGEWAY ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4056 8398 4040 8399 4046 8356 4060 8355 $$
000 WWUS51 KILN 252131 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 531 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 OHC065-091-252200- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060525T2200Z/ LOGAN OH-HARDIN OH- 531 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN AND NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES... AT 527 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTHWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LOGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING RUSHSYLVANIA...SILVER CREEK...BIG SPRINGS...RIDGEWAY AND MENTZER. 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 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4056 8398 4040 8399 4046 8356 4060 8355 $$
000 WWUS51 KILN 252147 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 547 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 OHC065-091-252200- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060525T2200Z/ LOGAN OH-HARDIN OH- 547 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN AND NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTIES... AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN LOGAN AND SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTIES...INCLUDING RIDGEWAY...MENTZER AND MOUNT VICTORY. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. LAT...LON 4056 8398 4040 8399 4046 8356 4060 8355 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 38 min |
| May 25, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 26 min |
| May 25, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 50 min |
| May 25, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 31 min |
| May 25, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 43 min |
| May 25, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin, Logan | 65 min |
| May 25, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 51 min |
| May 25, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 30 min |
| May 25, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 61 min |
| May 25, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 65 min |
| May 25, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 47 min |
| May 25, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 26 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 29 min |
| May 25, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 46 min |
| May 25, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 45 min |
| May 25, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 54 min |
| May 25, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 38 min |
| May 25, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Greene | 50 min |
| May 25, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 42 min |
| May 25, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Madison, Union | 26 min |
| May 25, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 11 min |
| May 25, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton | 27 min |
| May 25, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Greene | 27 min |
| May 25, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 32 min |
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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.