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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2006, 9:15 PM EDT for Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 28, 2006, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2006, 9:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mercer County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:24 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw St. Henry, OH | MINOR ROOF AND CROP DAMAGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:12 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 1216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KILN 290115 TORILN OHC107-290200- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0021.060829T0115Z-060829T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 915 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 911 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT RECOVERY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST. HENRY... COLDWATER... CELINA... IN ADDITION...BURKETTSVILLE...CARTHAGENA...MONTEZUMA...MARIA STEIN... CHICKASAW AND NEPTUNE 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 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4051 8482 4034 8480 4037 8443 4063 8445 $$ TIPTON
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KILN 290142 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 942 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 OHC107-290152- /O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060829T0200Z/ MERCER OH- 942 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. LAT...LON 4051 8482 4034 8480 4037 8443 4063 8445 $$ TIPTON
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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.