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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 8, 2009Dearborn County, Indiana

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 8, 2:52 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2009-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 378 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

HAWBLITZEL
2 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

$$

HAWBLITZEL
000 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 3:27 PM EDTWind AdvisoryILNDearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more13 hr
Mar 8, 4:46 PM EDTTornado WarningILNRipley44 min
Mar 8, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningILNRipley35 min
Mar 8, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.