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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2008, 9:17 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 58 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
- Jun 3, 2008, 9:17 PM EDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clinton County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Highland County, OH, Ross County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 1752 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 584 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 30.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KILN 040117 TORILN OHC027-047-071-141-040215- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0021.080604T0117Z-080604T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 917 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO... EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... NORTHEASTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... NORTHWESTERN ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT. * AT 914 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 36 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LEESBURG... GREENFIELD... IN ADDITION...JASPER MILLS...STAUNTON...EAST MONROE...NEW MARTINSBURG...ROCK MILLS...GOOD HOPE...SOUTH SALEM AND FRANKFORT 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. LAT...LON 3950 8308 3922 8327 3939 8367 3953 8359 TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 286DEG 31KT 3943 8361 $$ HAWBLITZEL
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KILN 040212 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1011 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 OHC027-047-071-141-040221- /O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080604T0215Z/ HIGHLAND OH-ROSS OH-CLINTON OH-FAYETTE OH- 1011 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO... AND EASTERN CLINTON...NORTHWESTERN ROSS AND NORTHEASTERN HIGHLAND COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST OHIO WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM EDT... THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...AND THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. LAT...LON 3950 8308 3922 8327 3939 8367 3953 8359 TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 286DEG 31KT 3930 8303 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 8:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 8:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fayette, Pickaway, Ross | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 8:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 8:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 8:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ross | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 8:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Hocking | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 9:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Montgomery, Pickaway, Ross and 1 more | 119 min |
| Jun 3, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Preble | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 9:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Warren | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 9:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Preble | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland, Pike, Ross | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 9:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 2 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 10:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 10:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland, Montgomery, Pickaway and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 11:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clark, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hocking and 4 more | 118 min |
| Jun 3, 11:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 11:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Darke, Preble | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Darke | 113 min |
| Jun 4, 2:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Darke, Miami | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 3:03 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Greene, Warren | 58 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Madison | 67 min |
| Jun 4, 3:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:48 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more | 20 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami | 9 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 9 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clark | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 7:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 7:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 8:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 8:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Highland | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 8:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland, Pickaway, Pike, Ross | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 8:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 9:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Pike, Ross | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 11:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILN | Scioto | 9 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Scioto | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 3:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Highland | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 64 min |
| Jun 4, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 6:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 6:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Scioto | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clinton, Greene, Highland, Warren | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Pike and 2 more | 53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.