Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 3:44 PM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 21 min. 3 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 4, 2011, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 4:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Licking County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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 4, 3:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wnw Hebron, OH | DAMAGE REPORTED AT A FEW HOMES ON BEAVER RUN ROAD. A ROOF WAS TORN OFF A BUILDING AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED. THE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLY TORNADIC. |
| Apr 4, 3:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Wsw Heath, OH | TREES DOWNED ON STATE ROUTE 37 AND BLACKS ROAD A FEW MILES NORTHWEST OF HEBRON. |
| Apr 4, 3:46 PM EDT | TORNADO 0 | 4 Wnw Hebron, OH | AN EF0 TORNADO OCCURRED 2.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF KIRKERSVILLE. DAMAGE OCCURRED AT A FEW PROPERTIES ON BEAVER RUN ROAD. A ROOF WAS TORN OFF A BUILDING AND NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED. |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
985
WFUS51 KILN 041944
TORILN
OHC089-042015-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0004.110404T1944Z-110404T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
344 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LICKING COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.
* AT 342 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
KIRKERSVILLE......MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEBRON...
HARBOR HILLS...
HEATH...
IN ADDITION...BROWNSVILLE AND GRATIOT ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 144...
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 3994 8219 3994 8220 3994 8222 3993 8223
3995 8261 4001 8260 4009 8218 4001 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 264DEG 37KT 3997 8256
$$
BINAU4 follow-up statements
644
WWUS51 KILN 041948
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
348 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
OHC089-042015-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110404T2015Z/
LICKING OH-
348 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
LICKING COUNTY...
AT 347 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
THAT WAS LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR HEBRON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HEATH.
IN ADDITION...BROWNSVILLE AND GRATIOT ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3994 8219 3994 8222 3993 8223 3996 8253
4001 8253 4009 8218 4001 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 264DEG 37KT 3999 8249
$$
BINAU651
WWUS51 KILN 041953
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
353 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
OHC089-042015-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110404T2015Z/
LICKING OH-
353 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LICKING COUNTY...
AT 352 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HEATH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY ON RADAR...BUT A
TORNADO REMAINS POSSIBLE OUT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LICKING
COUNTY...INCLUDING BROWNSVILLE AND GRATIOT.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. 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 3994 8219 3994 8222 3993 8223 3998 8248
4002 8248 4009 8218 4001 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 264DEG 37KT 4000 8242
$$
BINAU821
WWUS51 KILN 041957
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
357 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
OHC089-042015-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110404T2015Z/
LICKING OH-
357 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LICKING COUNTY...
AT 355 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
SOUTHERN LICKING COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE
TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LICKING
COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF HEATH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3995 8219 3996 8224 3998 8236 4001 8237
4007 8218 4001 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 264DEG 52KT 4000 8230
$$443
WWUS51 KILN 042005
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
405 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
OHC089-042015-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110404T2015Z/
LICKING OH-
405 PM EDT MON APR 4 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LICKING COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA AND WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3995 8219 3996 8224 3998 8236 4001 8237
4007 8218 4001 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 264DEG 52KT 4001 8215
$$
BINAUThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 5:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby | 71 min |
| Apr 4, 6:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 7:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Miami and 3 more | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 8:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 8:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 8:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 8:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 9:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Clinton, Fayette, Warren | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 9:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield, Licking, Pickaway | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 9:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Preble | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 12:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Darke, Logan, Miami, Shelby | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Preble | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 1:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clark, Greene, Montgomery, Preble | 6 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Hamilton and 2 more | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette and 6 more | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Ross | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Ross | 16 min |
| Apr 4, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 3:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway | 116 min |
| Apr 4, 4:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Brown, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Highland, Pickaway and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 60 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.