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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 23, 2011Fayette County, Pickaway County, Ross County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT for Fayette County, Pickaway County, Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min. 5 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
Mar 23, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 23, 3:18 PM EDTHAIL 1.5Frankfort, OH
Mar 23, 3:20 PM EDTHAIL 0.751 N Frankfort, OH
Mar 23, 3:31 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Chillicothe, OH
Mar 23, 3:31 PM EDTHAIL 1.752 Nne Chillicothe, OH
Mar 23, 3:39 PM EDTHAIL 13 Sse Kingston, OHBETWEEN DRY RUN ROAD AND STATE ROUTE 180.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2011-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

180 
WUUS51 KILN 231907
SVRILN
OHC047-129-141-231945-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0021.110323T1907Z-110323T1945Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN PICKAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
  ROSS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.

* AT 305 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR SOUTH SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NORTH FORK VILLAGE...
  CHILLICOTHE...
  KINGSTON...

IN ADDITION...SOUTH SALEM...FRANKFORT...BOURNEVILLE...KNOCKEMSTIFF...
ANDERSONVILLE...MASSIEVILLE...SCIOTO TRAIL STATE PARK AND MOORESVILLE
ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN
OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 3919 8279 3932 8339 3937 8338 3938 8342
      3943 8341 3950 8275
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 276DEG 40KT 3936 8333

$$


BINAU
3 follow-up statements
181 
WWUS51 KILN 231915 RRA
SVSILN

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

OHC047-231925-
/O.CAN.KILN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110323T1945Z/
FAYETTE OH-
315 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

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

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

LAT...LON 3933 8327 3935 8330 3938 8331 3943 8329
      3950 8275 3919 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 276DEG 40KT 3938 8321

$$

OHC129-141-231945-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110323T1945Z/
ROSS OH-PICKAWAY OH-
315 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PICKAWAY AND ROSS COUNTIES...

GOLF BALL HAIL AND WINDS TO 65 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS 
STORM.

AT 313 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH FORK VILLAGE...CHILLICOTHE AND KINGSTON.

IN ADDITION...FRANKFORT...ANDERSONVILLE...MASSIEVILLE...
MOORESVILLE...HALLSVILLE...WHISLER...RICHMOND DALE AND LONDONDERRY
ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 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 3933 8327 3935 8330 3938 8331 3943 8329
      3950 8275 3919 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 276DEG 40KT 3938 8321

$$


BINAU
465 
WWUS51 KILN 231924
SVSILN

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

OHC129-141-231945-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110323T1945Z/
ROSS OH-PICKAWAY OH-
324 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PICKAWAY AND EASTERN ROSS COUNTIES...

AT 322 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH FORK VILLAGE...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED GOLF BALL HAIL AND WINDS TO 65 MPH RECENTLY

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH FORK VILLAGE...CHILLICOTHE AND KINGSTON.

IN ADDITION...ANDERSONVILLE...MASSIEVILLE...MOORESVILLE...
HALLSVILLE...WHISLER...RICHMOND DALE AND LONDONDERRY ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 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 3932 8314 3936 8317 3939 8316 3945 8315
      3950 8275 3919 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 276DEG 40KT 3937 8308

$$


BINAU
471 
WWUS51 KILN 231936
SVSILN

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

OHC129-141-231945-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110323T1945Z/
ROSS OH-PICKAWAY OH-
336 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PICKAWAY AND EASTERN ROSS COUNTIES...

AT 335 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 70
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHILLICOTHE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN ROSS AND
SOUTHEASTERN PICKAWAY COUNTIES...INCLUDING MOORESVILLE...
HALLSVILLE...WHISLER...RICHMOND DALE AND LONDONDERRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE 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 3931 8303 3935 8302 3940 8304 3947 8300
      3950 8275 3919 8279
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 276DEG 40KT 3935 8289

$$


BINAU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 1:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren53 min
Mar 23, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Warren18 min
Mar 23, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland, Pickaway, Ross65 min
Mar 23, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler49 min
Mar 23, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware, Union45 min
Mar 23, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Greene, Montgomery, Warren46 min
Mar 23, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Darke, Logan, Miami, Shelby55 min
Mar 23, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton37 min
Mar 23, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Greene, Warren34 min
Mar 23, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross46 min
Mar 23, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Highland, Warren41 min
Mar 23, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown, Clermont, Highland40 min
Mar 23, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Miami, Montgomery63 min
Mar 23, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Ross26 min
Mar 23, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Highland39 min
Mar 23, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking22 min
Mar 23, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union34 min
Mar 23, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown41 min
Mar 23, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Highland, Hocking, Pike, Ross, Scioto33 min
Mar 23, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking23 min
Mar 23, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Pike, Scioto35 min
Mar 23, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMadison57 min
Mar 23, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette, Greene, Hocking, Pickaway61 min
Mar 23, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Mercer61 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.