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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 31, 2008Madison County, Union County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT for Madison County, Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 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 31, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2008, 4:30 AM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Madison County, OH, Union County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 31, 1:07 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 310800
TORILN
OHC097-159-310830-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0009.080531T0800Z-080531T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
400 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 430 AM EDT.

* AT 356 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILFORD CENTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 46 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLAIN CITY...

IN ADDITION...UNIONVILLE CENTER...WATKINS AND US ROUTE 33 AT US ROUTE
42 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4023 8317 4022 8317 4011 8320 4010 8321
      4008 8321 4011 8350 4012 8350 4028 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 0800Z 293DEG 40KT 4016 8336

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS51 KILN 310811
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
411 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

OHC097-159-310830-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080531T0830Z/
MADISON OH-UNION OH-
411 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN UNION AND NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES IN CENTRAL
OHIO...

AT 405 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLAIN CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 46
MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES.

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A
SAFE PLACE.

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 4025 8330 4025 8326 4024 8325 4023 8317
      4012 8320 4010 8321 4008 8321 4012 8349
      4012 8341 4026 8331
TIME...MOT...LOC 0811Z 293DEG 40KT 4011 8321

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 11:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Preble	36 min
May 31, 12:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene, Montgomery	39 min
May 31, 12:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene	49 min
May 31, 12:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Preble	43 min
May 31, 1:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Miami, Montgomery	37 min
May 31, 1:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Preble	26 min
May 31, 1:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene	35 min
May 31, 1:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Warren	62 min
May 31, 1:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler	44 min
May 31, 2:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer	4 hr
May 31, 3:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Logan, Shelby, Union	47 min
May 31, 4:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Union	45 min
May 31, 4:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Licking	41 min
May 31, 5:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Union	2 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.