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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2011, 7:55 PM EDT for Miami County, Shelby County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Miami County, OH, Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:28 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 S Sidney, OH | |
| May 14, 8:28 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 S Sidney, OH | FUNNEL CLOUD WITH A POSSIBLE BRIEF NARROW TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
828 WFUS51 KILN 142355 TORILN OHC109-149-150045- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0037.110514T2355Z-110515T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 755 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... SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 845 PM EDT. * AT 750 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR PIQUA. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIQUA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SIDNEY... IN ADDITION...LOCKINGTON...NEWBERN...HOUSTON AND HARDIN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE... I-75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 80 AND 92... 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 4030 8436 4030 8411 4011 8414 4012 8433 TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 179DEG 7KT 4015 8424 $$
3 follow-up statements
762 WWUS51 KILN 150020 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 820 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 OHC109-149-150045- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110515T0045Z/ MIAMI OH-SHELBY OH- 820 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN SHELBY AND NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTIES... AT 820 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED A STORM THAT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LOCKINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING BUT STILL IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BRIEF TORNADO. IT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR PIQUA. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SIDNEY. IN ADDITION...LOCKINGTON...NEWBERN AND HARDIN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4019 8430 4030 8436 4030 8411 4017 8413 TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 179DEG 7KT 4020 8419 $$
580 WWUS51 KILN 150031 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 831 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 OHC109-150040- /O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110515T0045Z/ MIAMI OH- 831 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MIAMI 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 4021 8413 4022 8430 4030 8436 4030 8411 TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 189DEG 9KT 4024 8418 $$ OHC149-150045- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110515T0045Z/ SHELBY OH- 831 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY... AT 829 PM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 2 MILES SOUTH OF SIDNEY. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWBERN...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SIDNEY. IN ADDITION...HARDIN IS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4021 8413 4022 8430 4030 8436 4030 8411 TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 189DEG 9KT 4024 8418 $$
803 WWUS51 KILN 150047 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 847 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 OHC149-150055- /O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110515T0045Z/ SHELBY OH- 847 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. LAT...LON 4021 8413 4022 8430 4030 8436 4030 8411 TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 189DEG 9KT 4024 8418 $$
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, 7:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 37 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.