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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Wilmington, OH

October 26, 2010Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 11:02 AM EDT for Fayette County, Union County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 26, 2010, 11:02 AM EDT (15:02 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2010, 11:45 AM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 26, 11:18 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Connersville, IN	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.
Oct 26, 11:30 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Richmond, IN	MANY TREES DOWN.
Oct 26, 11:35 AM EDT	TSTM WND GST 59	5 Nne Kitchel, IN	MEASURED AT RICHMOND AWOS /KRID/

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 26, 8:55 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 375 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

923 
WFUS51 KILN 261502
TORILN
INC041-161-177-261545-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0025.101026T1502Z-101026T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1102 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.

* AT 1057 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST
  OF GLENWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CONNERSVILLE...
  DUBLIN...
  CAMBRIDGE CITY...
  CENTERVILLE...
  RICHMOND...
  FOUNTAIN CITY...

IN ADDITION...FALMOUTH...BUNKER HILL...BENTONVILLE...METTEL FIELD...
MOUNT AUBURN...BEESONS...WATERLOO AND SPRINGERSVILLE ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 155...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. THIS FAST-MOVING TORNADO IS LIKELY RAIN WRAPPED AND 
DIFFICULT TO SEE. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A 
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR 
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT 
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. 

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 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN
OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 3979 8531 3979 8523 3984 8523 4001 8492
      4002 8482 4000 8481 3971 8482 3956 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1501Z 247DEG 54KT 3966 8533

$$

HAWBLITZEL

3 follow-up statements

372 
WWUS51 KILN 261514
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1114 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INC041-161-177-261545-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-101026T1545Z/
WAYNE IN-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-
1114 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
UNION...NORTHERN FAYETTE AND WAYNE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...

AT 1111 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BEESONS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CENTERVILLE...RICHMOND AND FOUNTAIN CITY.

IN ADDITION...SPRINGERSVILLE...EAST GERMANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...
JACKSONBURG...PHILOMATH...CLIFTON...ABINGTON AND GREENS FORK ARE NEAR
THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

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 3979 8531 3979 8523 3984 8523 4001 8492
      4002 8482 4000 8481 3971 8482 3956 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1514Z 247DEG 54KT 3974 8513

$$


BINAU

522 
WWUS51 KILN 261524
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1124 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INC041-161-177-261545-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-101026T1545Z/
WAYNE IN-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-
1124 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
UNION...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES IN
EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

AT 1115 AM...TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS CONNERSVILLE.

AT 1120 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CENTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE
TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICHMOND AND FOUNTAIN CITY.

IN ADDITION...WITTS STATION...BOSTON...RICHMOND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...
SPRING GROVE...MIDDLEBORO...WHITEWATER AND BETHEL ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

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 3986 8509 4001 8492 4002 8487 4001 8483
      4000 8482 3992 8481 3992 8482 3971 8482
      3970 8504 3977 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 242DEG 51KT 3981 8497

$$


BINAU

027 
WWUS51 KILN 261539
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1139 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INC041-161-177-261548-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-101026T1545Z/
WAYNE IN-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-
1139 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN UNION...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
FAYETTE AND EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA WILL
EXPIRE AT 1145 AM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

GUSTY WINDS ARE 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM.

LAT...LON 3986 8509 4001 8492 4002 8487 4001 8483
      4000 8482 3992 8481 3992 8482 3971 8482
      3970 8504 3977 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 242DEG 51KT 3989 8473

$$


BINAU

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 Oct 26, 9:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 9:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
938 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY....BRINGING HIGH
WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT
TONIGHT. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY...
USHERING IN COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
TEMPERATURES ARE JUMPING AHEAD OF THE CDFNT/CONVECTION THIS
MORNING. UPPED TEMPS IN THE W A CAT OR TWO TO THE MID 70S. REST OF
FCST LOOKS GOOD...INCLUDING TIMING OF CONVECTION.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY/...
WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW HIGH WIND CRITERIA AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL END AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...BUT IT
WILL REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT. A CYCLONIC FLOW WILL PERSIST ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS LOW PRESSURE TRAVELS SLOWLY ACROSS
SOUTHERN CANADA. WINDS WILL STAY STRONG WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT DRY WEATHER WITH PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL ON
WEDNESDAY WITH HIGHS AROUND 70. AFTER THE SECONDARY COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 50S ON
THURSDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
SECONDARY SURFACE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE REGION ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING A SURGE OF COOLER AIR WHICH
WILL LAST THROUGH FRIDAY WHEN HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO BUILD IN.
SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED ONCE AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND
WHICH WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND BACK ABOVE NORMAL. A WEAK
FRONT IS FORECAST TO SAG SOUTHWARDS ON MONDAY BUT AT THIS TIME IT
APPEARS THAT THIS WILL MOVE THROUGH DRY. THE BOUNDARY MAY EVENTUALLY
BECOME A FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION BUT THAT WOULD BE BEYOND THIS
PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION /14Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROF TO TAKE ON A NEGATIVE TILT AND PIVOT INTO
THE GREAT LAKES TODAY. EXPECT AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND WINDS THIS
MORNING WITH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASING IN CONTINUED
SOUTHWEST FLOW PATTERN. A PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS IS LKLY EARLY THIS
MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT TO SEEP THRU THE OHIO VALLEY THIS
AFTN. HAVE THIS FRONT INTO WESTERN OHIO 18-19Z AND TO THE CMH TAF
SITES AROUND 21Z. MVFR CIGS MAY BECOME VFR FOR A PERIOD BY MIDDAY
BEFORE MVFR CIGS RE-DEVELOP DURG THE DAY. MODELS ARE SHOWING A NARROW
TONGUE OF HIGHER INSTABILITIES ALONG THE FRONT...SO EXPECT A LINE
OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO PUSH WEST TO EAST ACROSS
THE AREA IN THE 18Z-22Z TIME FRAME. WITH 3-5K FOOT WINDS INCREASING
INTO THE 40 TO 60 KNOT RANGE THROUGH LATE MORNING...GUSTY WINDS
WILL BE AN ISSUE TODAY. EXPECT PREVAILING SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20-25
KNOTS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 45 KNOTS LIKELY. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTN/EARLY EVENING AS THE FRONT SHIFTS OFF TO
THE EAST.

OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR OHZ026-034-
     035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088.
KY...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR KYZ089>100.
IN...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR INZ050-058-
     059-066-073>075-080.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO
NEAR TERM...SITES
SHORT TERM...CONIGLIO
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...AR

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 9:44 AM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
944 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-271345-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-
SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-
FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-
FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-
HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
944 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 722 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY...PUSHING A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF IT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE SEVERE...CONTAINING WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY WHEN A
SECONDARY COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SITES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 26, 3:56 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more	9 hr
Oct 26, 10:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	64 min
Oct 26, 10:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union	63 min
Oct 26, 11:19 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union	41 min
Oct 26, 11:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin, Union	64 min
Oct 26, 11:29 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	46 min
Oct 26, 11:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland	65 min
Oct 26, 11:59 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Switzerland	31 min
Oct 26, 12:32 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more	3 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.