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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 1:42 PM EDT for Delaware County, Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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
- May 11, 2008, 1:42 PM EDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2008, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Delaware County, OH, Franklin County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 111743
TORILN
OHC041-049-111830-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0006.080511T1742Z-080511T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
142 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT.
* AT 139 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND
PERSISTENT FUNNEL CLOUDS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
POWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUNBURY...
IN ADDITION...LEWIS CENTER...STRATFORD...ALUM CREEK STATE PARK...
GALENA...INTERSTATE 71 AT US ROUTE 36/STATE ROUTE 37...KILBOURNE...
LEONARDSBURG AND OLIVE GREEN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS
THUNDERSTORM.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS 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 4043 8292 4041 8290 4037 8290 4036 8282
4029 8272 4027 8274 4025 8274 4008 8302
4011 8317 4019 8317
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 221DEG 20KT 4015 8305
$$
RYAN3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KILN 111753
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
151 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
OHC049-111801-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080511T1830Z/
FRANKLIN OH-
151 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4018 8312 4042 8293 4041 8290 4037 8290
4036 8282 4029 8272 4027 8274 4025 8274
4012 8295
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 221DEG 20KT 4019 8301
$$
OHC041-111830-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080511T1830Z/
DELAWARE OH-
151 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
DELAWARE COUNTY...
AT 149 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND FUNNEL
CLOUDS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEWIS CENTER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH. NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED BETWEEN US ROUTE 23 AND INTERSTATE 71 IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE
COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF THE POLARIS AREA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUNBURY.
IN ADDITION...LEWIS CENTER...ALUM CREEK STATE PARK...GALENA...
INTERSTATE 71 AT US ROUTE 36/STATE ROUTE 37...KILBOURNE AND OLIVE
GREEN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS 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 4018 8312 4042 8293 4041 8290 4037 8290
4036 8282 4029 8272 4027 8274 4025 8274
4012 8295
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 221DEG 20KT 4019 8301
$$
RYAN000
WWUS51 KILN 111810
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
209 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
OHC041-111830-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080511T1830Z/
DELAWARE OH-
209 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
DELAWARE COUNTY...
AT 207 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND
PERSISTENT FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WALL CLOUDS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SUNBURY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUNBURY.
IN ADDITION...OLIVE GREEN IS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER. AVOID WINDOWS
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4036 8290 4036 8282 4029 8272 4027 8274
4025 8274 4017 8288 4027 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 221DEG 20KT 4027 8292
$$
RYAN000
WWUS51 KILN 111831
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
231 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
OHC041-111841-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080511T1830Z/
DELAWARE OH-
231 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND THE ROTATION
INDICATED ON RADAR HAS WEAKENED...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 4036 8290 4036 8282 4029 8272 4027 8274
4025 8274 4017 8288 4027 8298
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 221DEG 20KT 4027 8291
$$
HATZOSWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 11, 11:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 11:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1112 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. AFTER THE LOW MOVES EAST...A TROUGH WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA INTO MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR TUESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... LINE OF STRONG CONVECTIVE STORMS PUSHING E AND NE OF FCST AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DO NOT EXPECT THUNDER IN THE COLD POOL...BUT AVAIALBLE MOISTURE IS STILL HIGH AND SHOWERS WILL PERSIST AS COLD AIR USHERS IN...WRINGING IT OUT. THE BEST COLD AIR DOES NOT WORK IN UNTIL THIS EVENING WHEN WINDS TURN N-NW. MAIN UPDATE WAS TO LOWER TEMPS IN THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND REMOVE THUNDER FOR 3/4 OF CWA. THUNDER WILL QUICKLY EXIT THE REMAINDER OF CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WORDING IT THIS WAY IN THE ZONE FCST MAY PRECLUDE ANOTHER UPDATE. WILL KEEP AN EYE ON ANY CONVECTION IN THE COLD POOL AND SEE WHERE TEMPS GO. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY/... STACKED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER REGION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE EAST. EXPECT PRECIPITATION COVERAGE TO BE LESS BY THIS TIME. BUT MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD STILL GET MEASURABLE RAINFALL DURING THE EVENING. SO LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS ARE JUSTIFIED. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT. WITH A LINGERING TROUGH IN THE AREA ON MONDAY THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS PRIMARILY IN EASTERN ZONES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY ALLOWING DRIER AIR TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL UNTIL TUESDAY WHEN READINGS WILL REBOUND. MOS CONSENSUS APPEARED REASONABLE. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... ANOTHER LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL DEVELOPING DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK ALTHOUGH A BIT FURTHER TO THE WEST. THIS WILL ALLOW SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE TROUGH TO PERIODICALLY LIFT ACROSS THE REGION. GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO BE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE FIRST SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL PUSH A BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE AREA. UNCERTAINTY INCREASES AFTER THIS TIME CONCERNING LOCATION AND TIMING OF SUBSEQUENT WAVES FORMING ON THE BOUNDARY AS ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL ENERGY LIFTS OUT FROM THE MIDWEST TROUGH. AT THIS POINT THE CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK APPEARS TO BE GREATER IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONES AND LESSER IN THE NORTHWEST. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHS...WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION /15Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... A FRONTAL BNDRY AND LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE. LOOKING AT CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...SOME THUNDER WILL SETTLE IN AFTER 14Z...WITH PREVAILING MVFR VISIBILITIES AND CIGS PERSISTING THROUGH 23Z. SW WINDS WILL GUST OVER 25 KTS AT TIMES. THE PCPN CONVERGE WILL WANE SOMEWHAT AS WINDS TURN WNW BEHIND THE LOW AFTER 00Z...STILL GUSTING NEAR 25 KTS AT TIMES. OUTLOOK...MVFR/IFR CIGS AND VSBYS POSSIBLE INTO MONDAY. TSTM POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...FRANKS SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION...
Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 4:51 AM EDT, 8 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 451 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-120900- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE- SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON- FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY- FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN- HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 451 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 11, 8:22 AM EDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 822 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 KYZ089-094>096-111245- GRANT KY-PENDLETON KY-CARROLL KY-OWEN KY- 822 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT OWEN...CARROLL... SOUTHWESTERN PENDLETON AND SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTIES THROUGH 845 AM EDT... AT 820 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WORTHVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRATZ TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTEREY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 42 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... WHEATLEY...GRATZ...SQUIRESVILLE...NEW LIBERTY...MONTEREY...BROMLEY... OWENTON...GENE SNYDER AIRPORT...GOFORTH...KNOXVILLE...MARCUS AND MORGAN.
Special weather statement, May 11, 8:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 852 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 INZ050-111315- WAYNE IN- 852 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY THROUGH 915 AM EDT... AT 848 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR ECONOMY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 53 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... RICHMOND...FOUNTAIN CITY...WHITEWATER AND BETHEL.
Special weather statement, May 11, 10:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1032 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 OHZ088-111500- SCIOTO OH- 1032 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN SCIOTO COUNTY THROUGH 1100 AM EDT... AT 1029 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LUCASVILLE TO 6 MILES WEST OF FRANKLIN FURNACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 52 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE... LUCASVILLE...SCIOTOVILLE...WHEELERSBURG...POWELLSVILLE... SCIOTODALE...PORTSMOUTH REGIONAL AIRPORT...MINFORD...LYRA AND SOUTH WEBSTER. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. HATZOS
Local storm report, May 11, 11:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1108 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 AM TSTM WND DMG CONNERSVILLE 39.66N 85.14W
05/11/2008 FAYETTE IN EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN TOWN. ALSO...SOME SHINGLES
WERE BLOWN OFF A ROOF.
0927 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW BROOKSVILLE 38.72N 84.12W
05/11/2008 BRACKEN KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TWO POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED OFF. A FEW LARGE LIMBS WERE
DOWNED. SOME SIDING WAS ALSO TAKEN OFF A HOUSE.
&&
HATZOSLocal storm report, May 11, 1:38 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
138 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0133 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 E DUBLIN 40.12N 83.11W
05/11/2008 FRANKLIN OH NWS EMPLOYEE
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF OHIO 161
AND SAWMILL ROAD.
&&
SFHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union | 29 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.