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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 8, 2008Clark County, Greene County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2008, 5:46 PM EDT for Clark County, Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 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, 5:46 PM EDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2008, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clark County, OH, Greene County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 6:13 PM EDTTORNADOSelma, OHBRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT CHILLICOTHE PK AND ROUTE 42 SOUTHWEST OF SELMA

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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 082147
TORILN
OHC023-057-082230-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0004.080508T2146Z-080508T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 542 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A PERSISTENT FUNNEL 
  CLOUD NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF A    
  SERIES OF BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS ALONG ITS PATH FROM NORTHERN    
  CLINTON COUNTY INTO EASTERN GREENE COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THAT    
  THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDARVILLE...MOVING   
  NORTH AT 19 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CEDARVILLE...
  SOUTH CHARLESTON...
  SPRINGFIELD...

IN ADDITION...GLADSTONE...JOHN BRYAN STATE PARK...CLIFTON...SELMA...
HUSTEAD...SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...PITCHIN AND LISBON 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 3998 8386 3997 8355 3977 8362 3976 8365
      3973 8365 3972 8366 3968 8366 3964 8367
      3966 8391
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 190DEG 17KT 3972 8378

$$

RYAN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS51 KILN 082219
SVSILN

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

OHC023-057-082230-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080508T2230Z/
GREENE OH-CLARK OH-
617 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
CLARK AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. STORM 
SPOTTERS REPORTING SEEING A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SELMA IN SOUTHERN 
CLARK COUNTY AT 612 PM. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
PITCHIN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL STRONG STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR GLADSTONE IN NORTHEAST GREENE COUNTY. NO LIGHTNING AND 
THUNDER IS BEING REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD.

IN ADDITION...LISBON...PLATTSBURG...BUCK CREEK STATE PARK...HARMONY
AND SOUTH VIENNA ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

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 3998 8380 3997 8359 3997 8355 3977 8362
      3976 8365 3971 8366 3978 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 190DEG 17KT 3986 8375

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 5:20 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClinton, Greene25 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.