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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 8:02 PM EDT for Champaign County, Clark County, Logan County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 min. 4 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, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2011, 8:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Logan County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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, 8:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Quincy, OH | TREE DOWNED. |
| May 23, 8:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Lewistown, OH | |
| May 23, 8:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Kedj Bellefontaine Apt, OH | |
| May 23, 8:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Urbana, 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 00:00Z, 0.0 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
- 729 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS51 KILN 240002
TORILN
OHC021-023-091-240045-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0047.110524T0002Z-110524T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
802 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.
* AT 759 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST.
PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PEMBERTON. IN ADDITION TO THE
TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. PARIS...
DE GRAFF...
URBANA...
WEST LIBERTY...
BELLEFONTAINE...
NORTH LEWISBURG...
WEST MANSFIELD...
IN ADDITION...DIALTON...THACKERY...CARYSVILLE...KISER LAKE STATE
PARK...ROSEWOOD...TERRE HAUTE...MILLERSTOWN AND QUINCY ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.
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 4048 8352 4023 8355 4023 8349 4020 8349
3998 8402 4024 8402 4046 8399
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 252DEG 38KT 4014 8400
$$
HATZOS2 follow-up statements
633
WWUS51 KILN 240018
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
818 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC023-240028-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110524T0045Z/
CLARK OH-
818 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4047 8352 4022 8355 4022 8349 4021 8349
4019 8350 4006 8382 4006 8383 4009 8383
4010 8383 4027 8386 4046 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 252DEG 38KT 4017 8373
$$
OHC021-091-240045-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110524T0045Z/
CHAMPAIGN OH-LOGAN OH-
818 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
LOGAN AND EASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES...
AT 816 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
LIPPINCOTT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF
BELLEFONTAINE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLEFONTAINE...NORTH LEWISBURG AND WEST MANSFIELD.
IN ADDITION...HUNTSVILLE...KENNARD...CABLE...MINGO...VALLEY HI...
ZANESFIELD...PICKRELLTOWN AND NEW JERUSALEM 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 4047 8352 4022 8355 4022 8349 4021 8349
4019 8350 4006 8382 4006 8383 4009 8383
4010 8383 4027 8386 4046 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 252DEG 38KT 4017 8373
$$
HATZOS436
WWUS51 KILN 240034
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
834 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
OHC021-091-240044-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110524T0045Z/
CHAMPAIGN OH-LOGAN OH-
834 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LOGAN AND EASTERN CHAMPAIGN
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE CIRCULATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4047 8352 4022 8355 4022 8349 4021 8349
4019 8350 4006 8382 4006 8383 4009 8383
4010 8383 4027 8386 4046 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 252DEG 38KT 4022 8352
$$
HATZOSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Hardin, Logan, Union | 58 min |
| May 23, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 3 more | 53 min |
| May 23, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pike and 2 more | 67 min |
| May 23, 8:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 23, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Madison, Union | 24 min |
| May 23, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway and 1 more | 62 min |
| May 23, 8:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Pike, Ross | 3 hr |
| May 23, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 27 min |
| May 23, 9:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Licking | 3 hr |
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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.