Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2009, 5:04 PM EDT for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 19, 2009, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2009, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KILN 192104
TORILN
INC177-192145-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0039.090819T2104Z-090819T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
504 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.
* AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING A ROTATING WALL CLOUD OVER EASTERN HENRY
COUNTY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAGERSTOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAGERSTOWN...
IN ADDITION...FRANKLIN...JACKSONBURG...GREENS FORK...ECONOMY AND
WILLIAMSBURG ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.
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 3987 8522 3991 8521 4001 8521 4001 8520
4002 8489 4001 8486 3978 8518 3983 8523
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 244DEG 18KT 3991 8517
$$
HAWBLITZEL2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KILN 192120
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
520 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
INC177-192145-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-090819T2145Z/
WAYNE IN-
520 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ECONOMY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...
INCLUDING ECONOMY AND WILLIAMSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. AVOID
WINDOWS
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3989 8504 3992 8518 4001 8516 4002 8489
4001 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 244DEG 18KT 3994 8509
$$
HAWBLITZEL000
WWUS51 KILN 192145
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
545 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
INC177-192155-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-090819T2145Z/
WAYNE IN-
545 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...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 3989 8504 3992 8518 4001 8516 4002 8489
4001 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 244DEG 18KT 3999 8495
$$
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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.