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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 11:31 PM EDT for Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 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
- Apr 27, 2011, 11:31 PM EDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mercer County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 521 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
519
WFUS51 KILN 280331
TORILN
OHC107-280400-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0033.110428T0331Z-110428T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1131 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MERCER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
* AT 1129 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FORT RECOVERY......MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT RECOVERY...
COLDWATER...
ROCKFORD...
CELINA...
IN ADDITION...WABASH...NEPTUNE AND TAMA 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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
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 300 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN
OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4063 8445 4057 8445 4035 8473 4035 8481
4058 8481 4074 8465 4073 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 221DEG 32KT 4039 8485
$$
BINAU2 follow-up statements
547
WWUS51 KILN 280343
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1143 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
OHC107-280400-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110428T0400Z/
MERCER OH-
1143 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR MERCER
COUNTY...
AT 1141 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN MERCER COUNTY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
EMBEDDED TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WABASH
TO FORT RECOVERY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLDWATER...CELINA AND ROCKFORD.
IN ADDITION...WABASH...NEPTUNE AND TAMA ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4063 8445 4057 8445 4035 8473 4035 8481
4058 8481 4074 8465 4073 8461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 224DEG 35KT 4049 8476
$$
BINAU882
WWUS51 KILN 280352
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1152 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
OHC107-280400-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110428T0400Z/
MERCER OH-
1152 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY...
AT 1150 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WABASH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CELINA AND ROCKFORD.
IN ADDITION...TAMA IS 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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
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 4060 8449 4056 8451 4046 8467 4048 8474
4054 8476 4061 8478 4071 8467 4070 8463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 224DEG 35KT 4055 8468
$$
BINAUThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams, Pike | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 9:59 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke, Mercer | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Mercer | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 11:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 2:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Madison and 3 more | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 2:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hardin, Hocking and 6 more | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Champaign, Darke, Hamilton, Logan, Miami and 3 more | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland and 1 more | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 6:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hardin and 4 more | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.