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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 7:36 PM EDT for Darke County, Miami County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. 5 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 23, 2011, 7:36 PM EDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Darke County, OH, Miami County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nne Pleasant Hill, OH | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO A DAIRY FARM ALONG RENCH ROAD. EXAMINATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT...IN COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS...INDICATED THAT DAMAGE AT THIS LOCATION WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND NOT A TORNADO. |
| May 23, 7:41 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Nne Pleasant Hill, OH | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO A DAIRY FARM ALONG RENCH ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED IN AREA OF DAMAGE. |
| May 23, 8:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | Piqua, OH | |
| May 23, 8:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Piqua, OH | |
| May 23, 8:02 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | Piqua, OH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
642
WFUS51 KILN 232336
TORILN
OHC037-109-240015-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0044.110523T2336Z-110524T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
736 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
MIAMI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 733 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAURA...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM
IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLEASANT HILL...
COVINGTON...
TROY...
PIQUA...
IN ADDITION...CIRCLE HILL...LUDLOW FALLS...FARRINGTON...GRAYSON...
CASSTOWN...HAVEN VIEW AND FLETCHER ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 82...
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 MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4017 8402 3997 8404 3994 8449 4011 8448
4019 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 251DEG 32KT 4003 8441
$$
HATZOS2 follow-up statements
023
WWUS51 KILN 232352
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
752 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC037-240002-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110524T0015Z/
DARKE OH-
752 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED INTO MIAMI COUNTY.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4015 8402 4007 8403 4005 8404 3999 8434
4013 8434 4019 8404 4018 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 251DEG 32KT 4011 8420
$$
OHC109-240015-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110524T0015Z/
MIAMI OH-
752 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
MIAMI COUNTY...
AT 750 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FARRINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY...
INCLUDING CASSTOWN AND FLETCHER.
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 4015 8402 4007 8403 4005 8404 3999 8434
4013 8434 4019 8404 4018 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 251DEG 32KT 4011 8420
$$
HATZOS147
WWUS51 KILN 240009 RRA
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
809 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC109-240019-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110524T0015Z/
MIAMI OH-
809 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815
PM EDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4015 8402 4007 8403 4005 8404 3999 8434
4013 8434 4019 8404 4018 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 251DEG 32KT 4016 8401
$$
HATZOSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Adams, Highland, Pike, Scioto | 4 hr |
| May 23, 2:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Darke, Hamilton, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 53 min |
| May 23, 3:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Greene and 8 more | 64 min |
| May 23, 4:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Clark, Clinton, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin and 8 more | 57 min |
| May 23, 5:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Madison and 2 more | 54 min |
| May 23, 6:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland | 63 min |
| May 23, 6:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Pickaway, Ross and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 23, 6:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Madison, Pickaway | 3 hr |
| May 23, 9:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 3 hr |
| May 23, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 53 min |
| May 23, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Darke, Preble | 60 min |
| May 23, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 53 min |
| May 23, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 30 min |
| May 23, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer and 1 more | 67 min |
| May 23, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 49 min |
| May 23, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami and 4 more | 59 min |
| May 23, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Highland and 1 more | 40 min |
| May 23, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 35 min |
| May 23, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Greene | 34 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.