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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 7:56 PM EDT for Champaign County, Clark County, Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 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, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Greene County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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, 7:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Fairborn, OH | MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED ALONG DAYTON YELLOW SPRINGS ROAD NEAR THE GREENE COUNTRY CLUB. |
| May 23, 7:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Enon, OH | TREES DOWNED. |
| May 23, 8:10 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 5 Nne Springfield, OH | EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED NNE OF SPRINGFIELD OHIO. POWER POLES DOWNED AND HOME DAMAGE REPORTED. |
| May 23, 8:11 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Moorefield, OH | TWENTY POLES SNAPPED/MINOR DAMAGE TO HOUSE/MINOR DAMAGE TO APARTMENTS/BARN BLOWN OFF FOUNDATION. CORRECTED TIME OF EVENT. |
| May 23, 8:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nne Springfield, OH | SVRL UTILITY POLES DOWN NR BOSART RD AND SR 4 |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.
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WFUS51 KILN 232356
TORILN
OHC021-023-057-240045-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0046.110523T2356Z-110524T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
756 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
CLARK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.
* AT 754 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLIDAY
VALLEY......MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD...
SOUTH CHARLESTON...
MECHANICSBURG...
IN ADDITION...SNYDERVILLE...NORTH HAMPTON...JOHN BRYAN STATE PARK...
DIALTON...HUSTEAD...CLIFTON...SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND
LAWRENCEVILLE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 70...
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 4022 8349 4001 8351 3978 8358 3973 8399
3999 8402
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 254DEG 36KT 3986 8392
$$
HATZOS2 follow-up statements
253
WWUS51 KILN 240011
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
811 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC057-240021-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110524T0045Z/
GREENE OH-
811 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST INTO CLARK COUNTY.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4001 8351 3979 8358 3978 8359 3980 8379
4006 8387 4022 8350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 248DEG 52KT 3989 8366
$$
OHC021-023-240045-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110524T0045Z/
CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-
811 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES...
AT 807 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
PITCHIN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. ANOTHER CIRCULATION CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TREMONT CITY. IN ADDITION TO
THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MECHANICSBURG.
IN ADDITION...POWHATTAN...PLATTSBURG...SOUTH VIENNA...CATAWBA
STATION...CATAWBA...BRIGHTON...MUTUAL AND WOODSTOCK 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.
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 4001 8351 3979 8358 3978 8359 3980 8379
4006 8387 4022 8350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 248DEG 52KT 3989 8366
$$
HATZOS439
WWUS51 KILN 240030
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
830 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC021-023-240040-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-110524T0045Z/
CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-
830 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4001 8351 3979 8358 3978 8359 3980 8379
4006 8387 4022 8350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 248DEG 52KT 3999 8333
$$
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, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami | 39 min |
| May 23, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 35 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.