Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Robertson | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell | 23 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.