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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2009, 5:20 PM EDT for Dearborn County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 8, 2009, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2009, 5:47 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dearborn County, IN
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 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 082120
TORILN
INC029-082200-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0002.090308T2120Z-090308T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
520 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DEARBORN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF MOORES HILL...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAWRENCEBURG...
GREENDALE...
HIDDEN VALLEY...
BRIGHT...
IN ADDITION...MOUNT SINAI...WEISBURG...MANCHESTER...LAWRENCEVILLE...
NEW ALSACE...DOVER...ST. LEON AND GUILFORD 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 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.
LAT...LON 3927 8508 3931 8482 3911 8482 3910 8483
3903 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 251DEG 48KT 3916 8510
$$
HAWBLITZEL2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KILN 082127
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
527 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
INC029-082200-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090308T2200Z/
DEARBORN IN-
527 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
DEARBORN COUNTY...
AT 523 PM EDT...TRAINED STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND 1 MILE NORTH OF MILAN. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO
PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEISBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HIDDEN VALLEY AND BRIGHT.
IN ADDITION...MANCHESTER...WEISBURG...NEW ALSACE...GUILFORD...
DOVER...LOGAN...INTERSTATE 74 AT US ROUTE 52 AND WEST HARRISON ARE
NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3927 8508 3931 8482 3929 8482 3922 8482
3915 8483 3913 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 233DEG 29KT 3920 8508
$$
HAWBLITZEL000
WWUS51 KILN 082147
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
547 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
INC029-082156-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090308T2200Z/
DEARBORN IN-
546 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN DEARBORN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3927 8508 3931 8482 3929 8482 3922 8482
3915 8483 3913 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 233DEG 29KT 3929 8492
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 3:27 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILN | Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ripley | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ripley | 35 min |
| Mar 8, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 39 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.