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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 23, 2011Adams County, Brown County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2011, 3:42 PM EDT for Adams County, Brown County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 48 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, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bracken County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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, 3:48 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Wnw Ripley, KY	IN THE TOWN OF DOVER. THREE HOUSES HAVE TREES DOWNED ON THEM.

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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.

329 
WFUS51 KILN 231942
TORILN
KYC023-135-161-201-OHC001-015-232030-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0025.110423T1942Z-110423T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN MASON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  ROBERTSON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.

* AT 341 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS   
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EMBEDDED TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE 
LOCATED   ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FEESBURG TO CHATHAM TO US 
ROUTE 62 AT   STATE ROUTE 875......MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AUGUSTA...
  GEORGETOWN...
  RIPLEY...
  WASHINGTON...
  MAYSVILLE...
  ABERDEEN...
  TOLLESBORO...
  WEST UNION...
  PEEBLES...
  MANCHESTER...

IN ADDITION...CHATHAM...AA HIGHWAY AT STATE ROUTE 19...STONEWALL...
ABIGAIL...FEESBURG...GERMANTOWN...HIGGINSPORT AND LOWELL ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THESE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.

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 3856 8404 3856 8406 3856 8408 3888 8404
      3896 8333 3868 8333 3856 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 274DEG 24KT 3890 8406 3870 8404
          3856 8405

$$

3 follow-up statements

739 
WWUS51 KILN 231956
SVSILN

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

KYC023-201-232006-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110423T2030Z/
ROBERTSON KY-BRACKEN KY-
356 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BRACKEN AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. 
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 3856 8340 3856 8384 3890 8384 3896 8333
      3868 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 274DEG 37KT 3890 8379 3870 8377
          3856 8378

$$

KYC135-161-OHC001-015-232030-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110423T2030Z/
LEWIS KY-MASON KY-ADAMS OH-BROWN OH-
356 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BROWN...ADAMS...NORTHEASTERN MASON AND NORTHWESTERN
LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 354 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RUSSELLVILLE TO MORANBURG TO
WASHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABERDEEN...MANCHESTER...TOLLESBORO...WEST UNION AND PEEBLES.

IN ADDITION...SOMO...DECATUR...ORANGEBURG...BRADYSVILLE...
RECTORVILLE...TRINITY...BENTONVILLE AND CHERRY FORK ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THESE STORMS.

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 3856 8340 3856 8384 3890 8384 3896 8333
      3868 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 274DEG 37KT 3890 8379 3870 8377
          3856 8378

$$

753 
WWUS51 KILN 232006
SVSILN

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

OHC015-232016-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110423T2030Z/
BROWN OH-
406 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. 
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 3856 8370 3891 8368 3896 8333 3868 8333
      3856 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 274DEG 37KT 3889 8366 3869 8364
          3855 8365

$$

KYC135-161-OHC001-232030-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110423T2030Z/
LEWIS KY-MASON KY-ADAMS OH-
406 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR ADAMS...
EASTERN MASON AND NORTHWESTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 405 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CHERRY FORK TO BRADYSVILLE
TO RECTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANCHESTER...TOLLESBORO...WEST UNION AND PEEBLES.

IN ADDITION...TRINITY...BENTONVILLE...CHERRY FORK...CONCORD...HERRON
HILL...STATE ROUTE 348 AT STATE ROUTE 125...CHARTERS AND CARRS ARE
NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

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 3856 8370 3891 8368 3896 8333 3868 8333
      3856 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 274DEG 37KT 3889 8366 3869 8364
          3855 8365

$$

576 
WWUS51 KILN 232022
SVSILN

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

KYC161-232032-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110423T2030Z/
MASON KY-
422 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MASON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. 
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 3856 8351 3893 8353 3896 8333 3868 8333
      3856 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 263DEG 46KT 3890 8341 3870 8339
          3856 8340

$$

KYC135-OHC001-232030-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110423T2030Z/
LEWIS KY-ADAMS OH-
422 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
ADAMS AND NORTHERN LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 418 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PEEBLES TO CONCORD TO
CHARTERS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEEBLES.

IN ADDITION...ROME IS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS.

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 3856 8351 3893 8353 3896 8333 3868 8333
      3856 8340
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 263DEG 46KT 3890 8341 3870 8339
          3856 8340

$$

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	Adams, Scioto	3 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, 1:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren	5 hr
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, 2:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Highland	16 hr
Apr 23, 2:21 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	3 hr
Apr 23, 2:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Pike, Ross, Scioto	16 hr
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, 5:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren	7 hr
Apr 23, 7:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	24 min
Apr 23, 9:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	4 hr
Apr 23, 12:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	6 hr
Apr 23, 1:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	8 hr
Apr 23, 3:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont	24 min
Apr 23, 3:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 23, 4:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette and 11 more	6 hr
Apr 23, 4:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	41 min
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
Apr 23, 5:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	50 hr
Apr 23, 5:27 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Clermont	29 hr
Apr 23, 1:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	41 min
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 3:44 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, 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.