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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 23, 2011Fayette County, Franklin County, Union County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 1:55 PM EDT for Fayette County, Franklin County, Union County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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: Mar 23, 2011, 1:55 PM EDT (17:55 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2011, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Union County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 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
Mar 23, 2:27 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Liberty, IN

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

907 
WUUS51 KILN 231755 RRA
SVRILN
INC041-047-161-231845-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0013.110323T1755Z-110323T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
155 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.

* AT 153 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF BUENA VISTA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OLDENBURG...
  BROOKVILLE...
  WEST COLLEGE CORNER...

IN ADDITION...ANDERSONVILLE...BUENA VISTA...HAMBURG...COLUMBIA...
LAUREL...PEPPERTOWN...ALPINE AND NULLTOWN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH
ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY
TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS 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 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN
OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 3957 8531 3965 8482 3931 8482 3931 8520
      3931 8523 3927 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 267DEG 49KT 3944 8535

$$

HATZOS

4 follow-up statements

162 
WWUS51 KILN 231806
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
206 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

INC041-047-161-231845-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T1845Z/
FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-
206 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN UNION AND SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...AND FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

AT 201 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANDERSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BROOKVILLE AND WEST COLLEGE CORNER.

IN ADDITION...ALPINE...NULLTOWN...METAMORA...EVERTON...BLOOMING
GROVE...ALQUINA...DUNLAPSVILLE AND MOUNDS STATE RECREATION AREA ARE
NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3957 8531 3965 8482 3931 8482 3931 8520
      3931 8523 3927 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 263DEG 48KT 3952 8520

$$

HATZOS

396 
WWUS51 KILN 231814
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
214 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

INC041-047-161-231845-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T1845Z/
FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-
214 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN UNION AND SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...AND FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

AT 210 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAUREL...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. ANOTHER 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS 
TO 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF HAMBURG.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BROOKVILLE AND WEST COLLEGE CORNER.

IN ADDITION...EVERTON...BLOOMING GROVE...ALQUINA...DUNLAPSVILLE...
MOUNDS STATE RECREATION AREA...CEDAR GROVE...WHITEWATER STATE PARK
AND BILLINGSVILLE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. AS STORMS
APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IN STURDY BUILDINGS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3954 8531 3958 8527 3965 8482 3931 8483
      3931 8523 3927 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 263DEG 48KT 3951 8514

$$

HATZOS

650 
WWUS51 KILN 231830
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
230 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

INC041-231839-
/O.CAN.KILN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T1845Z/
FAYETTE IN-
230 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN
EAST CENTRAL INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST INTO UNION COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 3951 8520 3952 8504 3962 8500 3965 8482
      3931 8483 3931 8523 3934 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 263DEG 48KT 3953 8486

$$

INC047-161-231845-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T1845Z/
UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-
230 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND FRANKLIN
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

AT 227 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BILLINGSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. AN 
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED NEAR BROOKVILLE...AND 
REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST COLLEGE CORNER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. AS STORMS
APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER IN STURDY BUILDINGS AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3951 8520 3952 8504 3962 8500 3965 8482
      3931 8483 3931 8523 3934 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 263DEG 48KT 3953 8486

$$

HATZOS

161 
WWUS51 KILN 231842
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
242 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

INC047-161-231852-
/O.EXP.KILN.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T1845Z/
UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-
242 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL INDIANA...AND FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA WILL
EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY 
AND BUTLER COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM.

PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.

LAT...LON 3951 8520 3952 8504 3962 8500 3965 8482
      3931 8483 3931 8523 3934 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 263DEG 48KT 3955 8464

$$

HATZOS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin, Union	49 min
Mar 23, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	52 min
Mar 23, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Switzerland	52 min

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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.