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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 7:40 PM EDT for Miami County, Shelby County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 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, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 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 23:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:54 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sidney, OH | TREE DOWNED/POWER POLES LEANING |
| May 23, 7:59 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Maplewood, OH | FENCE BLOWN DOWN. |
| 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
142
WFUS51 KILN 232340
TORILN
OHC109-149-240015-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0045.110523T2340Z-110524T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
740 PM EDT MON MAY 23 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 815 PM EDT.
* AT 737 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
POLO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIQUA...
SIDNEY...
IN ADDITION...HOUSTON...LOCKINGTON...NEWBERN...HARDIN...SWANDERS...
PLATTSVILLE...BALLOU AND PORT JEFFERSON ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 97...
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 4043 8400 4025 8401 4025 8402 4019 8402
4018 8403 4011 8441 4027 8440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 248DEG 39KT 4021 8434
$$
HATZOS2 follow-up statements
482 WWUS51 KILN 232353 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 753 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 OHC109-240003- /O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110524T0015Z/ MIAMI OH- 753 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF MIAMI COUNTY. PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. LAT...LON 4043 8400 4025 8401 4020 8430 4031 8429 TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 245DEG 40KT 4029 8416 $$ OHC149-240015- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110524T0015Z/ SHELBY OH- 753 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY... AT 750 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY...INCLUDING PORT JEFFERSON...PEMBERTON AND MAPLEWOOD. 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 4043 8400 4025 8401 4020 8430 4031 8429 TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 245DEG 40KT 4029 8416 $$ HATZOS
443 WWUS51 KILN 240009 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 809 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 OHC149-240019- /O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110524T0015Z/ SHELBY OH- 809 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. LAT...LON 4043 8400 4025 8401 4020 8430 4031 8429 TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 245DEG 40KT 4036 8395 $$ HATZOS
The 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, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami | 39 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.