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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2009, 3:43 PM EDT for Pickaway County, Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 25, 2009, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2009, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pickaway County, OH, Ross County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KILN 251943 TORILN OHC129-141-252015- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0030.090625T1943Z-090625T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 343 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PICKAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO... EASTERN ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 415 PM EDT. * AT 343 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ROSS AND SOUTHEASTERN PICKAWAY COUNTIES...INCLUDING HALLSVILLE AND MOORESVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3930 8275 3930 8298 3949 8295 3947 8278 TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 349DEG 4KT 3946 8288 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KILN 252002 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 402 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 OHC129-252010- /O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-090625T2015Z/ PICKAWAY OH- 402 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PICKAWAY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF PICKAWAY COUNTY. HOWEVER...SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. LAT...LON 3933 8276 3934 8296 3946 8294 3945 8280 TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 352DEG 5KT 3944 8291 $$ OHC141-252015- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-090625T2015Z/ ROSS OH- 402 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR EASTERN ROSS COUNTY... AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE STRONGEST ROTATION WITH THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF KINGSTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. OTHER PARTS OF THIS STORM ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ROSS COUNTY... INCLUDING HALLSVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3933 8276 3934 8296 3946 8294 3945 8280 TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 352DEG 5KT 3944 8291 $$
000 WWUS51 KILN 252017 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 417 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 OHC141-252027- /O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-090625T2015Z/ ROSS OH- 417 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ROSS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND NO LONGER HAS TORNADIC POTENTIAL...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. LAT...LON 3933 8276 3934 8296 3946 8294 3945 8280 TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 352DEG 5KT 3944 8291 $$
What 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 Jun 25, 1:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 1:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 102 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE HIGH WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT DUE TO ARRIVE ON SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... LATEST GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING THAT BEST POPS WILL BE ACRS THE S...WITH WWD BUILDING CONVECTION AS H8 CONVERGENCE WORKS NW. ACRS THE N BUT MUCH HAPPENS UNTIL AFT 00Z...WHEN FNT PUSHES TOWARDS THE FA. THIS SEEMS TO BE BACKED BY WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON RADAR. UPDATED FCST TO SHOW THE ABOVE MENTIONED TRENDS. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE LIKELIHOOD FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...WILL LINGER TONIGHT. LATEST GFS AND ECMWF HAVE SLOWED PROGRESS OF THE FRONT ON FRIDAY...SO RETAINED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST LOCATIONS. DRY WEATHER WILL MOVE IN BY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE. THE DRY PERIOD WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY AS THE HIGH CENTER MOVES SOUTHEAST. MORE WARM SUMMER WEATHER IS IN STORE WITH HIGHS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S ON FRIDAY THEN BACK UP TO AROUND 90 ON SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... WITH FRONT PUSHING TO THE SE OF AREA...HAVE GONE MOSTLY CLEAR FOR FRI NIGHT WITH AREA DOMINATED BY HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. HIGHEST H8 HEIGHTS REMAIN TO SOUTH OF AREA...THOUGH ECMWF BUILDING RIDGE INTO SOUTHERN AREA A LITTLE MORE THAN GFS...WHICH IS MORE SIMILAR TO THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN. WITH ECMWF A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE ENS MEAN...AND HAVE SIDED WITH THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO FOR FORECAST SOLUTION. AS A RESULT...HAVE GONE HIGHER THAN MAV MOS GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS ON SAT/SUN WITH H8 TEMPS 18-20 C SAT/SUN...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE S AND WEST. HAVE CONTINUED THE PRECIP THREAT FOR SAT NIGHT/SUNDAY WITH WEAK FRONT DROPPING THROUGH GREAT LAKES...THOUGH SLIGHTLY SLOWER WITH THE ONSET. ECMWF/ENS SOLUTION ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THE H5 DEEP LOW PUSHING THROUGH GTLAKES ON MON/TUE. OPERATIONAL GFS CUTS OFF LOW AND LINGERS IT IN WRN GREAT LAKES...WHILE 00Z ECMWF HAS A FARTHER EAST SOLUTION WITH THE CUT OFF LOW. THE ENS MEAN SHOWS A MORE PROGRESSIVE BUT STILL SOLUTION CLOSER TO THE 00Z ECMWF. JUST CHECKING THE 12Z ECMWF NOW HAS UPR LOW A LITTLE FURTHER WEST...SO IF THIS TREND CONTINUES IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO INTRODUCE PRECIP INTO THE NE FORECAST AREA FOR TUE. STILL KEPT TEMPS NEXT WEEK CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY...SO FEW CHANGES HERE. IF 12Z ECMWF SOLUTION LOOKS TO BE CHOICE...WOULD THEN NEED TO LOWER TEMPS FOR TUE/WED IN THE NE. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TO DIG SOUTHEAST THRU THE GREAT LAKES TODAY/TONIGHT. ASSOCIATED SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT TO DROP SOUTH INTO THE SRN GREAT LAKES THIS AFTN AND THEN TO NEAR THE OHIO RIVER BY FRIDAY MORNING. IN THE WARM AIRMASS AHD OF THIS FRONT...ISOLD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE WEAK CONVERGENCE FROM A PRE- FRONTAL TROF AND MARGINAL INSTBY HAVE DIMINISHED IN COVERAGE. SOME PATCHY MVFR VSBY RESTRICTIONS WL BURN OFF QUICKLY THIS MORNING. EXPECT THE AIRMASS TO DESTABILIZE THIS AFTN. GFS SOLN APPEARS OVER DONE WITH SFC DEWPOINTS OF 75 PLUS AND THUS OVERESTIMATES THE INSTABILITY. NAM APPEARS MORE REALISTIC WITH MODERATE INSTBY DEVELOPING WITH BLYR CAPES OF 2000-2500 J/KG DURG THE AFTN. EXPECT SCTD SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP DURG THIS AFTN IN THE MODERATE INSTBY AND COVERAGE OF THESE STORMS SHUD INCREASE DURG THE LATE AFTN...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE NRN TAF SITES CLOSER TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF TIMING AND COVERAGE HAVE TEMPO GROUPS FOR SHOWERS WITH CB MENTIONED. WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING THRU THE TAF SITES OVERNIGHT...HAVE CONTD VCSH WITH CB MENTION. HAVE THREAT FOR PRECIP ENDING AT 30 HOUR KCVG TAF SITE AT 15Z ON FRIDAY. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO NEAR TERM...SITES SHORT TERM...CONIGLIO LONG TERM...JDR AVIATION...AR
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 234 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ042-051>055-060>065- 070>074-077>082-088-261845- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-DARKE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK- MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY- FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN- HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 234 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS IN THE MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. OHZ026-034-035-043>046-056-261845- HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-LICKING- 234 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 510 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS IN THE MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 25, 11:40 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1140 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 AM TSTM WND DMG GETTYSBURG 40.12N 84.50W
06/25/2009 DARKE OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
A CHIMNEY WAS BLOWN OVER. SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED.
&&
HATZOSSpecial weather statement, Jun 25, 2:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 216 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 KYZ093-096-097-OHZ078-251900- CAMPBELL KY-PENDLETON KY-BRACKEN KY-CLERMONT OH- 216 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN CLERMONT... NORTHWESTERN BRACKEN...NORTHEASTERN PENDLETON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 216 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED FOUR MILES NORTHWEST OF MOSCOW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PEACH GROVE...IVOR...MOSCOW...MOUNT AUBURN...NEVILLE...FOSTER...WILLOW GROVE...LENOXBURG...CHILO...BRADFORD...UTOPIA AND JOHNSVILLE. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. HATZOS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 4:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Ross | 117 min |
| Jun 25, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 28 min |
| Jun 25, 6:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Ross | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Greene | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 37 min |
| Jun 25, 7:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Hamilton | 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.