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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:13 PM EDT | TORNADO | Selma, OH | BRIEF 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.
- 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 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
$$
RYAN1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KILN 082219
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
617 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008
OHC023-057-082230-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080508T2230Z/
GREENE OH-CLARK OH-
617 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
CLARK AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. STORM
SPOTTERS REPORTING SEEING A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SELMA IN SOUTHERN
CLARK COUNTY AT 612 PM. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PITCHIN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL STRONG STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR GLADSTONE IN NORTHEAST GREENE COUNTY. NO LIGHTNING AND
THUNDER IS BEING REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD.
IN ADDITION...LISBON...PLATTSBURG...BUCK CREEK STATE PARK...HARMONY
AND SOUTH VIENNA ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID
WINDOWS
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3998 8380 3997 8359 3997 8355 3977 8362
3976 8365 3971 8366 3978 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 190DEG 17KT 3986 8375
$$
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Greene | 25 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.