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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 26, 2007Pike County, Ross County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 8:16 PM EDT for Pike County, Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 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, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2007, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 599 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 00:00Z on 2007-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
599 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 270016
TORILN
OHC131-141-270045-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0008.070427T0016Z-070427T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.

* AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
  PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN ROSS COUNTIES...INCLUDING PIKE COUNTY
  AIRPORT...OMEGA...LINN...RICHMOND DALE AND LONDONDERRY.

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 3912 8311 3901 8292 3911 8280 3929 8275

$$

HAWBLITZEL
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KILN 270034
SVSILN

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

OHC131-270044-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070427T0045Z/
PIKE OH-
834 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE TORNADIC STORM HAS EXITED INTO ROSS COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3917 8291 3916 8278 3929 8275

$$

OHC141-270045-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070427T0045Z/
ROSS OH-
834 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ROSS COUNTY...

AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHMOND DALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN ROSS
COUNTY.

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 3917 8291 3916 8278 3929 8275

$$

HAWBLITZEL
000 
WWUS51 KILN 270045
SVSILN

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

OHC141-270055-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070427T0045Z/
ROSS OH-
845 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROSS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA INTO VINTON 
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN 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 3917 8291 3916 8278 3929 8275

$$

HAWBLITZEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign33 min
Apr 26, 8:53 PM EDTTornado WarningILNPike22 min
Apr 26, 9:10 PM EDTTornado WarningILNHocking35 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.