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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 25, 2011Hardin County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 6:02 PM EDT for Hardin County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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 25, 2011, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Hardin County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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 25, 6:13 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	Dola, OH
May 25, 6:14 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sse Ada, OH	TREES/POWER LINES DOWN

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 25, 1:55 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

539 
WFUS51 KILN 252202
TORILN
OHC065-252230-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0050.110525T2202Z-110525T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
602 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 559 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HUNTERSVILLE......MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DUNKIRK...
  FOREST...

IN ADDITION...BLANCHARD AND DOLA 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN
OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4081 8349 4065 8377 4071 8386 4082 8381
      4082 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 215DEG 42KT 4075 8373

$$


BINAU

3 follow-up statements

565 
WWUS51 KILN 252213
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
613 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

OHC065-252230-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110525T2230Z/
HARDIN OH-
613 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
HARDIN COUNTY...

AT 608 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS 
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUNKIRK AND FOREST.

IN ADDITION...DOLA IS 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 4081 8349 4065 8377 4071 8386 4082 8381
      4082 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 213DEG 24KT 4078 8370

$$


BINAU

834 
WWUS51 KILN 252216 RRA
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
616 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

OHC065-252230-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110525T2230Z/
HARDIN OH-
616 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
HARDIN COUNTY...

AT 612 PM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD NORTH 
OF KENTON. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
DOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS 
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUNKIRK AND FOREST.

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 4081 8349 4065 8377 4071 8386 4082 8381
      4082 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 213DEG 24KT 4080 8368

$$


BINAU

092 
WWUS51 KILN 252231
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
631 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

OHC065-252240-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110525T2230Z/
HARDIN OH-
631 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE CIRCULATION ON RADAR HAD WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF HARDIN 
COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EDT. STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN 
POSSIBLE. STAY INDOORS!

PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 4081 8349 4065 8377 4071 8386 4082 8381
      4082 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 213DEG 24KT 4088 8361

$$


BINAU

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 9:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami, Preble	27 min
May 25, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery	59 min
May 25, 12:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	23 min
May 25, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	27 min
May 25, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Mercer	62 min
May 25, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin	53 min
May 25, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Preble	32 min
May 25, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Logan, Mercer, Shelby	41 min
May 25, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Darke, Hamilton, Montgomery, Preble	53 min
May 25, 6:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Butler, Preble	42 min
May 25, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby	51 min
May 25, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Greene, Montgomery, Preble, Warren	53 min
May 25, 6:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Butler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren	34 min
May 25, 6:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hardin	4 hr
May 25, 7:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Warren	33 min
May 25, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Fayette, Greene, Madison	64 min
May 25, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Preble, Shelby	10 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.