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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 19, 2009Wayne County, Indiana

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.

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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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2009-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1143 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

HAWBLITZEL
2 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

$$

HAWBLITZEL
000 
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

$$

HAWBLITZEL

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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.