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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2011, 7:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2011, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
036 WFUS51 KILN 262341 TORILN OHC011-037-107-149-270015- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0054.110526T2341Z-110527T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 741 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... NORTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 815 PM EDT. * AT 738 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE MERCER AND DARKE COUNTY LINE. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURKETTSVILLE......MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST. HENRY... COLDWATER... MINSTER... NEW BREMEN... ST. MARYS... NEW KNOXVILLE... IN ADDITION...NORTH STAR...YORKSHIRE...OSGOOD...CARTHAGENA...MARIA STEIN...MONTEZUMA...CHICKASAW AND EGYPT ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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. && LAT...LON 4061 8441 4043 8425 4027 8463 4042 8475 TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 238DEG 24KT 4037 8463 $$
1 follow-up statement
292 WWUS51 KILN 262358 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 758 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 OHC011-037-107-149-270015- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-110527T0015Z/ AUGLAIZE OH-DARKE OH-MERCER OH-SHELBY OH- 758 PM EDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN SHELBY...SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...NORTHEASTERN DARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTIES... AT 757 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHICKASAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MINSTER...NEW BREMEN...ST. MARYS AND NEW KNOXVILLE. IN ADDITION...EGYPT...BULKHEAD AND KETTLERSVILLE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4044 8472 4061 8441 4043 8425 4028 8461 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 238DEG 24KT 4043 8450 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 51 min |
| May 25, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Greene, Logan, Miami, Montgomery and 1 more | 50 min |
| May 25, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Preble | 62 min |
| May 25, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Logan, Madison, Union | 38 min |
| May 25, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Miami, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 25, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware, Union | 50 min |
| May 25, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union | 42 min |
| May 25, 10:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby | 20 min |
| May 25, 10:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Preble | 50 min |
| May 25, 10:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Madison | 47 min |
| May 25, 11:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union | 36 min |
| May 25, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 25, 11:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan | 34 min |
| May 25, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Darke, Hamilton, Mercer, Montgomery, Preble | 46 min |
| May 26, 12:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 44 min |
| May 26, 12:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Logan and 4 more | 42 min |
| May 26, 12:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Highland and 1 more | 51 min |
| May 26, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 5 more | 38 min |
| May 26, 1:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams, Highland, Pike, Ross, Scioto | 58 min |
| May 26, 1:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hardin, Licking, Madison and 2 more | 48 min |
| May 26, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Warren | 30 min |
| May 26, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Greene, Warren | 24 min |
| May 26, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 51 min |
| May 26, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clark, Madison | 24 min |
| May 26, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin, Madison | 36 min |
| May 26, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland | 31 min |
| May 26, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware, Franklin | 50 min |
| May 26, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette, Highland | 32 min |
| May 26, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 23 min |
| May 26, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Madison, Pickaway, Ross | 31 min |
| May 26, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking | 24 min |
| May 26, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 26 min |
| May 26, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 39 min |
| May 26, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 36 min |
| May 26, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.