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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 23, 20117 counties in Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2011, 3:02 PM EDT for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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: Apr 23, 2011, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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
Apr 23, 3:04 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sse Elliston, KY	ROOF DAMAGED ON A HOME ON FOLSOM-JONESVILLE ROAD. TREES ACROSS THE ROAD AND TELEPHONE POLES BLOWN OVER.
Apr 23, 3:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sse Elliston, KY	BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF. TREES AND TELEPHONE POLES DOWNED ON WARSAW ROAD/KY 467
Apr 23, 3:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Butler, KY	2 LARGE CEDAR TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 405 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 323 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.

935 
WFUS51 KILN 231902
TORILN
KYC015-037-077-081-117-187-191-231930-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0022.110423T1902Z-110423T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
302 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  EXTREME SOUTHERN CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN GALLATIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  KENTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  EXTREME NORTHERN OWEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  WESTERN PENDLETON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.

* AT 258 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAGLE
  HILL......MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DRY RIDGE...
  CRITTENDEN...
  WALTON...

IN ADDITION...RYLE...MUNK...SHERMAN...VERONA...NORTHCUTT...BRACHT...
GARDNERSVILLE AND PINER ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS
THUNDERSTORM.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 77...
I-75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 173...

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 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3877 8486 3879 8483 3878 8482 3879 8481
      3893 8450 3876 8436 3860 8476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 238DEG 44KT 3873 8472

$$

3 follow-up statements

690 
WWUS51 KILN 231908
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
308 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

KYC187-231918-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110423T1930Z/
OWEN KY-
308 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHERN OWEN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3874 8473 3884 8470 3893 8450 3876 8436
      3860 8476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 238DEG 44KT 3877 8464

$$

KYC015-037-077-081-117-191-231930-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110423T1930Z/
KENTON KY-PENDLETON KY-BOONE KY-CAMPBELL KY-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-
308 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
GRANT...EXTREME EASTERN GALLATIN...EXTREME SOUTHERN CAMPBELL...
EXTREME SOUTHERN BOONE...WESTERN PENDLETON AND KENTON COUNTIES...

AT 306 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MUNK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRITTENDEN AND WALTON.

IN ADDITION...VERONA...NORTHCUTT...BRACHT...GARDNERSVILLE...PINER...
FISKBURG...ATWOOD AND MORNING VIEW ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 77...
I-75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 172...

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.

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 3874 8473 3884 8470 3893 8450 3876 8436
      3860 8476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 238DEG 44KT 3877 8464

$$

AN

326 
WWUS51 KILN 231919
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
319 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

KYC015-037-077-081-117-231929-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110423T1930Z/
KENTON KY-BOONE KY-CAMPBELL KY-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-
319 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRANT...EXTREME EASTERN
GALLATIN...EXTREME SOUTHERN CAMPBELL...SOUTHERN BOONE AND KENTON
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED PAST THE AREA. THUS 
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3875 8442 3879 8446 3880 8446 3881 8443
      3881 8440 3876 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 268DEG 44KT 3880 8441

$$

KYC191-231930-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110423T1930Z/
PENDLETON KY-
319 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
PENDLETON COUNTY...

AT 318 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
NORTHERN PENDLETON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN PENDLETON
COUNTY.

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.

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 3875 8442 3879 8446 3880 8446 3881 8443
      3881 8440 3876 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 268DEG 44KT 3880 8441

$$

103 
WWUS51 KILN 231926
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
326 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

KYC191-231936-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110423T1930Z/
PENDLETON KY-
326 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PENDLETON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
330 PM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE 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 3875 8442 3879 8446 3880 8446 3881 8443
      3881 8440 3876 8436
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 268DEG 44KT 3880 8430

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 8:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Lewis	3 hr
Apr 23, 1:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more	5 hr
Apr 23, 1:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	41 min
Apr 23, 2:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Bracken, Mason	16 hr
Apr 23, 2:21 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Kenton	3 hr
Apr 23, 2:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Lewis	16 hr
Apr 23, 4:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Lewis	5 hr
Apr 23, 5:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	37 min
Apr 23, 5:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen	26 min
Apr 23, 5:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more	7 hr
Apr 23, 6:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Lewis, Mason, Robertson	46 min
Apr 23, 6:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Bracken, Grant, Mason, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson	6 hr
Apr 23, 6:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	29 min
Apr 23, 9:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Lewis	4 hr
Apr 23, 10:01 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Grant, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Robertson	59 min
Apr 23, 11:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	63 min
Apr 23, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	60 min
Apr 23, 12:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Bracken, Grant, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and 1 more	9 hr
Apr 23, 12:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 23, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	63 min
Apr 23, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin	39 min
Apr 23, 1:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more	8 hr
Apr 23, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	40 min
Apr 23, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken	27 min
Apr 23, 2:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	37 min
Apr 23, 3:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Bracken, Grant, Pendleton	31 min
Apr 23, 3:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Bracken, Campbell, Pendleton	24 min
Apr 23, 3:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Bracken, Lewis, Mason	6 hr
Apr 23, 3:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson	48 min
Apr 23, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Robertson	46 min
Apr 23, 3:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Lewis, Mason, Robertson	35 min
Apr 23, 4:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Lewis	41 min
Apr 23, 5:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Bracken, Lewis, Mason	50 hr
Apr 23, 5:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Bracken, Campbell, Pendleton	29 hr
Apr 23, 5:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin	5 days
Apr 23, 5:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton	43 hr
Apr 23, 5:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Pendleton	47 hr

Nearby

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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.