Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 5:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | Jamestown, OH | COUNTY 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.
- 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
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
$$
RYAN000
WWUS51 KILN 082148
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
548 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008
OHC057-082158-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080508T2145Z/
GREENE OH-
548 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED NORTH OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 3968 8388 3969 8366 3964 8367 3959 8368
3959 8369 3955 8368 3956 8388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 196DEG 10KT 3956 8380
$$
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 5:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 44 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.