Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 8:24 PM EDT for Vinton County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 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, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Vinton County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:20 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Sw Allensville, OH | HAIL REPORTED NEAR RAY, OH. |
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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KRLX 270025
TORRLX
OHC163-270115-
/O.NEW.KRLX.TO.W.0002.070427T0024Z-070427T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
824 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
VINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 819 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EAGLE MILLS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAVERLY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN PIKE
COUNTY.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EAGLE MILLS BY 845 PM EDT...
ALLENSVILLE BY 850 PM EDT...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3925 8302 3909 8291 3921 8263 3932 8247
3938 8242 3945 8254
$$
212 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KRLX 270104
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
904 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
KYC043-089-270130-
/O.CON.KRLX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070427T0130Z/
GREENUP KY-CARTER KY-
904 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR CARTER AND GREENUP COUNTIES...
AT 901 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LOAD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARTER CAVES STATE
PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
OLDTOWN...GREENBO LAKE...LETITIA...SOUTH SHORE...GREENUP AND GRAYS
BRANCH
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3846 8350 3830 8340 3830 8309 3841 8285
3850 8279 3866 8287 3876 8288 3872 8299
$$
10000
WWUS51 KRLX 270111
SVSRLX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
912 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
OHC163-270122-
/O.EXP.KRLX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070427T0115Z/
VINTON OH-
912 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VINTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3925 8302 3909 8291 3921 8263 3932 8247
3938 8242 3945 8254
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry | 55 min |
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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.