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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 26, 2007Mason County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 6:12 PM EDT for Mason County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2007, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mason County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 2:26 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 215 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 262212
TORILN
KYC161-262245-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0003.070426T2212Z-070426T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
612 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MASON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.

* AT 608 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WASHINGTON

IN ADDITION...MINERVA...TUCKAHOE...MORANBURG AND DOVER 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

PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING.

LAT...LON 3862 8403 3853 8397 3865 8373 3881 8391

$$

HAWBLITZEL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KILN 262226
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
626 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

KYC161-262245-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070426T2245Z/
MASON KY-
626 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY...

AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TUCKAHOE...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF 
RIPLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN MASON
COUNTY...INCLUDING MORANBURG AND DOVER.

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

PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3866 8396 3860 8391 3865 8373 3881 8391

$$
000 
WWUS51 KILN 262236
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
636 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

KYC161-262246-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070426T2245Z/
MASON KY-
636 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 3866 8396 3860 8391 3865 8373 3881 8391

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Robertson46 min
Apr 26, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCampbell23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.