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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2011, 3:21 PM EDT for Bracken County, Campbell County, Pendleton County, Kentucky; Brown County, Clermont County, Ohio. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 23, 2011, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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, 3:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 E Butler, KY | BARN BLOWN OVER. 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
901 WFUS51 KILN 231921 TORILN KYC023-037-191-OHC015-025-231945- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0024.110423T1921Z-110423T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 321 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY... CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY... NORTHEASTERN PENDLETON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY... WESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHERN CLERMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT. * AT 320 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUTLER......MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUTLER... AUGUSTA... FELICITY... IN ADDITION...CAMPBELL COUNTY LAKE...GUBSER MILL...PEACH GROVE... MOUNT AUBURN...MENTOR...IVOR...MOSCOW AND FOSTER ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM. 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 3878 8443 3890 8441 3894 8395 3877 8394 TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 269DEG 33KT 3880 8439 $$ AN
2 follow-up statements
534 WWUS51 KILN 231927 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 327 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 KYC023-037-191-OHC015-025-231945- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110423T1945Z/ PENDLETON KY-BRACKEN KY-CAMPBELL KY-BROWN OH-CLERMONT OH- 327 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN CLERMONT...WESTERN BROWN...CAMPBELL...EXTREME NORTHERN BRACKEN AND NORTHEASTERN PENDLETON COUNTIES... AT 327 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT AUBURN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AUGUSTA AND FELICITY. IN ADDITION...GUBSER MILL...PEACH GROVE...MOUNT AUBURN...MENTOR... IVOR...MOSCOW...FOSTER AND NEVILLE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3878 8437 3891 8434 3894 8395 3877 8394 TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 269DEG 33KT 3880 8432 $$
555 WWUS51 KILN 231942 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 342 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 KYC023-037-191-OHC015-025-231951- /O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110423T1945Z/ PENDLETON KY-BRACKEN KY-CAMPBELL KY-BROWN OH-CLERMONT OH- 342 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CLERMONT...WESTERN BROWN... CAMPBELL...EXTREME NORTHERN BRACKEN AND NORTHEASTERN PENDLETON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT... THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY AND A NEW WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. ELSEWHERE...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THOSE COUNTIES. PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. LAT...LON 3878 8437 3891 8434 3894 8395 3877 8394 TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 265DEG 223KT 3882 8388 $$
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, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and 1 more | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Grant, Pendleton | 31 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 |
| Apr 23, 12:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 12:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 1:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke, Shelby | 47 min |
| Apr 23, 1:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown, Highland, Pike | 45 min |
| Apr 23, 1:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 33 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 19 min |
| Apr 23, 3:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Brown, Highland | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Scioto | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 4:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pike | 31 min |
| Apr 23, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Scioto | 21 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.