Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 4:25 AM EST for Champaign County, Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2011, 4:25 AM EST (09:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Champaign County, OH, Union County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 1:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
928
WFUS51 KILN 280925
TORILN
OHC021-159-281000-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0003.110228T0925Z-110228T1000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
425 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
EASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 500 AM EST.
* AT 422 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CABLE...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARYSVILLE...
IN ADDITION...WOODSTOCK...STATE ROUTE 4 AT STATE ROUTE 161...MILFORD
CENTER AND WATKINS 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4025 8325 4024 8317 4017 8319 4011 8350
4007 8370 4017 8370 4020 8362 4032 8325
TIME...MOT...LOC 0925Z 256DEG 47KT 4014 8362
$$1 follow-up statement
837
WWUS51 KILN 280941
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
441 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
OHC021-280951-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T1000Z/
CHAMPAIGN OH-
441 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4027 8325 4024 8325 4024 8317 4017 8319
4011 8350 4022 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 256DEG 47KT 4019 8335
$$
OHC159-281000-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T1000Z/
UNION OH-
441 AM EST MON FEB 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN
UNION COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
AT 439 AM EST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MILFORD CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY...
INCLUDING WATKINS.
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 4027 8325 4024 8325 4024 8317 4017 8319
4011 8350 4022 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 256DEG 47KT 4019 8335
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 1:03 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and 1 more | 57 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin, Logan | 16 min |
| Feb 28, 3:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Hardin, Logan, Union | 24 min |
| Feb 28, 3:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Darke, Hardin, Logan, Miami, Shelby, Union | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:54 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 64 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:11 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Franklin, Greene and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Hamilton and 3 more | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 5:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway and 1 more | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 5:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Fayette, Highland, Pike and 2 more | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 5:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 6:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway, Ross | 45 min |
| Feb 28, 6:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:51 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Pike, Ross, Scioto | 24 min |
| Feb 28, 7:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 21 min |
| Feb 28, 7:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Miami | 33 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Mercer | 3 days |
| Feb 28, 9:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Pike, Scioto | 112 min |
| Feb 28, 11:05 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Darke, Logan, Miami, Shelby, Union | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:43 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Pike, Scioto | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:19 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Miami, Montgomery | 27 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:25 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 13 days |
| Feb 28, 2:27 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 67 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:44 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 12 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.