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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 8, 2008Clinton County, Greene County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2008, 5:20 PM EDT for Clinton County, Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 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
May 8, 2008, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clinton County, OH, Greene County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 5:25 PM EDTTORNADOJamestown, OHCOUNTY WARNING POINT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR JAMESTOWN AT PORT WILLIAM-JAMESTOWN RD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 18 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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 12:00Z on 2008-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -92 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 082121
TORILN
OHC027-057-082145-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0003.080508T2120Z-080508T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
520 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.

* AT 517 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO HAD       
  TOUCHED DOWN ALONG INTERSTATE 71 NEAR MILE MARKER 54. RADAR        
  INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR        
  INTERSTATE 71 AT US ROUTE 68...MOVING NORTH AT 12 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JAMESTOWN...

IN ADDITION...LUMBERTON...PORT WILLIAM...BLOOMINGTON...MIDDLETON
CORNER...PAINTERSVILLE...BOWERSVILLE AND NEW JASPER 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 3968 8388 3969 8366 3945 8371 3947 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 196DEG 10KT 3954 8381

$$

RYAN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS51 KILN 082129
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
529 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

OHC027-082139-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080508T2145Z/
CLINTON OH-
529 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3968 8388 3969 8366 3964 8367 3959 8368
      3959 8369 3955 8368 3956 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 196DEG 10KT 3956 8380

$$

OHC057-082145-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080508T2145Z/
GREENE OH-
529 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY...

AT 525 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE 
GROUND ON PORT WILLIAM JAMESTOWN ROAD...JUST SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN. 
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
PAINTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 11 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JAMESTOWN.

IN ADDITION...MIDDLETON CORNER...PAINTERSVILLE...BOWERSVILLE AND NEW
JASPER 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 3968 8388 3969 8366 3964 8367 3959 8368
      3959 8369 3955 8368 3956 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 196DEG 10KT 3956 8380

$$

RYAN
000 
WWUS51 KILN 082148
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
548 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

OHC057-082158-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080508T2145Z/
GREENE OH-
548 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

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

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED NORTH OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...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 3968 8388 3969 8366 3964 8367 3959 8368
      3959 8369 3955 8368 3956 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 196DEG 10KT 3956 8380

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 5:46 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClark, Greene44 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.