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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2011, 7:23 PM EDT for Miami County, Shelby County, Ohio. It was in force for 37 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
- May 14, 2011, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Miami County, OH, Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:30 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Piqua, OH | |
| May 14, 7:42 PM EDT | TORNADO | W Piqua, OH | TORNADO ON THE GROUND...DEBRIS COMING FROM THE GROUND. |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
277 WFUS51 KILN 142323 TORILN OHC109-149-150000- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0036.110514T2323Z-110515T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 723 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 800 PM EDT. * AT 721 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO NORTHWEST OF PIQUA. INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIQUA......MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SIDNEY... FORT LORAMIE... IN ADDITION...POLO...LOCKINGTON...NEWBERN...HOUSTON...HARDIN... NEWPORT AND SWANDERS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE... I-75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 97... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4036 8442 4036 8414 4011 8419 4012 8438 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 180DEG 13KT 4017 8429 $$
1 follow-up statement
662 WWUS51 KILN 142344 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 744 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 OHC109-149-150000- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110515T0000Z/ MIAMI OH-SHELBY OH- 744 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY AND NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTIES... AT 742 PM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A NARROW TORNADO JUST WEST OF PIQUA AT 742 PM. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIQUA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SIDNEY AND FORT LORAMIE. IN ADDITION...POLO...NEWBERN...HOUSTON...HARDIN...SANDERS...NEWPORT AND LOCKINGTON ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4036 8442 4036 8414 4011 8419 4012 8438 TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 187DEG 7KT 4016 8426 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 66 min |
| May 14, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 33 min |
| May 14, 1:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 14, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 48 min |
| May 14, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 22 min |
| May 14, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 50 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.