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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 23, 2011Adams County, Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio; Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2011, 4:19 PM EDT for Adams County, Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio; Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lewis County, KY, Adams County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 4:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Vanceburg, KY	LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN.
Apr 23, 4:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	South Webster, OH	A HALF DOZEN TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH THE SATURATED GROUND. TIME AND LOCATION WERE ESTIMATED.

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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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

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The text

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

852 
WFUS51 KILN 232019
TORILN
KYC135-OHC001-131-145-232100-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0027.110423T2019Z-110423T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

* AT 414 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS   
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EMBEDDED TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE 
LOCATED   ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF RARDEN TO 
CARRS TO 6   MILES NORTHWEST OF PETERSVILLE......MOVING EAST AT 35 
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VANCEBURG...
  CAMP DIX...
  HEAD OF GRASSY...
  WHEELERSBURG...
  SOUTH WEBSTER...
  SCIOTODALE...
  ROSEMOUNT...
  PORTSMOUTH...
  NEW BOSTON...
  LUCASVILLE...
  FRANKLIN FURNACE...

IN ADDITION...CARRS...CHARTERS...PETERSVILLE...ROME...BLUE CREEK...
STRICKLETT...WAMSLEY AND SANDY SPRINGS 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 3839 8341 3841 8352 3871 8341 3901 8337
      3899 8280 3894 8275 3886 8276 3885 8265
      3869 8269 3867 8276 3860 8274 3859 8275
      3857 8282 3859 8285 3875 8288 3872 8302
      3859 8307 3843 8323 3834 8322 3831 8333
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 274DEG 29KT 3894 8345 3871 8341
          3848 8353

$$

3 follow-up statements

704 
WWUS51 KILN 232038
SVSILN

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

OHC001-232047-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110423T2100Z/
ADAMS OH-
438 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ADAMS 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 3839 8341 3841 8352 3862 8327 3901 8327
      3899 8280 3896 8280 3894 8275 3886 8276
      3885 8265 3869 8269 3867 8276 3859 8275
      3857 8282 3859 8285 3875 8288 3872 8303
      3859 8307 3843 8323 3834 8322 3832 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 274DEG 29KT 3893 8326 3870 8322
          3847 8335

$$

KYC135-OHC131-145-232100-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110423T2100Z/
LEWIS KY-PIKE OH-SCIOTO OH-
438 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR SCIOTO...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE AND EASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 435 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 RARDEN TO TURKEY CREEK LAKE
TO STRICKLETT...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMP DIX...HEAD OF GRASSY...WHEELERSBURG...SOUTH WEBSTER...
SCIOTODALE...ROSEMOUNT...PORTSMOUTH...NEW BOSTON...LUCASVILLE AND
FRANKLIN FURNACE.

IN ADDITION...RARDEN...HARRIS...TURKEY CREEK LAKE...OTWAY...
TANNERY...GARRISON...LOMBARDSVILLE AND FRIENDSHIP 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 3839 8341 3841 8352 3862 8327 3901 8327
      3899 8280 3896 8280 3894 8275 3886 8276
      3885 8265 3869 8269 3867 8276 3859 8275
      3857 8282 3859 8285 3875 8288 3872 8303
      3859 8307 3843 8323 3834 8322 3832 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 274DEG 29KT 3893 8326 3870 8322
          3847 8335

$$

732 
WWUS51 KILN 232047
SVSILN

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

KYC135-OHC131-145-232100-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110423T2100Z/
LEWIS KY-PIKE OH-SCIOTO OH-
447 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR SCIOTO...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE AND EASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 444 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 6 MILES WEST OF BEAR CREEK
TO FRIENDSHIP TO CAMP DIX...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORTSMOUTH...WHEELERSBURG...SOUTH WEBSTER...SCIOTODALE...ROSEMOUNT...
NEW BOSTON...LUCASVILLE AND FRANKLIN FURNACE.

IN ADDITION...FRIENDSHIP...SAINT PAUL...REXTON...FIREBRICK...
MCDERMOTT...BEAR CREEK...WEST PORTSMOUTH AND WAKEFIELD 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 3839 8341 3841 8352 3858 8314 3901 8317
      3899 8280 3896 8280 3894 8275 3886 8276
      3885 8265 3869 8269 3867 8276 3859 8275
      3857 8282 3859 8285 3875 8288 3872 8303
      3859 8307 3843 8323 3834 8322 3832 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 274DEG 29KT 3892 8316 3869 8312
          3846 8325

$$

079 
WWUS51 KILN 232053
SVSILN

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

KYC135-OHC131-145-232100-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110423T2100Z/
LEWIS KY-PIKE OH-SCIOTO OH-
453 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
SCIOTO...SOUTHEASTERN PIKE AND EASTERN LEWIS COUNTIES...

AT 452 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 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WAKEFIELD TO FIREBRICK TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HEAD OF GRASSY...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHEELERSBURG...SOUTH WEBSTER...SCIOTODALE...ROSEMOUNT...PORTSMOUTH...
NEW BOSTON...LUCASVILLE AND FRANKLIN FURNACE.

IN ADDITION...MCDERMOTT...WEST PORTSMOUTH...STATE ROUTE 335 AT STATE
ROUTE 776...MINFORD...POWELLSVILLE...SCIOTOVILLE...HAVERHILL AND
PORTSMOUTH REGIONAL AIRPORT 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 3839 8341 3845 8327 3858 8314 3900 8303
      3899 8280 3896 8280 3894 8275 3886 8276
      3885 8265 3869 8269 3867 8276 3859 8275
      3857 8282 3859 8285 3875 8288 3872 8303
      3859 8307 3843 8323 3834 8322 3832 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 274DEG 29KT 3891 8309 3868 8305
          3845 8318

$$

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, 3:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	48 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
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.