Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 7:28 PM EDT for Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 26, 2007, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:02 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 4 W Piketon, OH | COVERING GROUND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 262329 TORILN OHC131-145-270015- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0007.070426T2328Z-070427T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 728 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... NORTHWESTERN SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 815 PM EDT. * AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF RARDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL LARGER THAN GOLFBALLS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PIKETON... WAVERLY... IN ADDITION...RARDEN...ELM GROVE...BEAR CREEK...IDAHO...WAKEFIELD... LAKE WHITE...GIVENS AND PIKE COUNTY AIRPORT 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 FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3906 8327 3890 8327 3893 8287 3918 8294 $$ HAWBLITZEL
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KILN 262350 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 750 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 OHC145-270000- /O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070427T0015Z/ SCIOTO OH- 750 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SCIOTO COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADIC STORM HAS EXITED SCIOTO COUNTY INTO PIKE COUNTY. PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. LAT...LON 3906 8327 3897 8320 3895 8287 3918 8294 $$ OHC131-270015- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070427T0015Z/ PIKE OH- 750 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PIKE COUNTY... AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELM GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PIKETON AND WAVERLY. IN ADDITION...WAKEFIELD...LAKE WHITE AND GIVENS 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 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 3906 8327 3897 8320 3895 8287 3918 8294 $$ HAWBLITZEL
000 WWUS51 KILN 270004 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 803 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 OHC131-270015- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070427T0015Z/ PIKE OH- 803 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY... AT 758 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR STATE ROUTE 32 AND STATE ROUTE 124. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIKETON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PIKETON AND WAVERLY. IN ADDITION...LAKE WHITE AND GIVENS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3906 8327 3897 8320 3895 8287 3918 8294 $$ HAWBLITZEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Logan | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams | 33 min |
| Apr 26, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.