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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 27, 2011Adams County, Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2011, 8:41 PM EDT for Adams County, Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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
Jun 27, 2011, 8:41 PM EDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2011, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 8:43 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDPoplar Grove, OHOFFICER WITNESSED ROTATING FUNNEL CLOUD VERY LOW TO GROUND NEAR ADAMS/PIKE COUNTY LINE...BUT DID NOT SEE CIRCULATION AT THE GROUND.
Jun 27, 8:45 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUDLucasville, OH
Jun 27, 9:16 PM EDTTORNADO5 Ssw Piketon, OHPUBLIC WITNESSED BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF SR 104 AND CR 28. ONE TREE REPORTED DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1307 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

301 
WFUS51 KILN 280041
TORILN
OHC001-131-145-280115-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0056.110628T0041Z-110628T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
841 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  NORTHERN SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT.

* AT 838 PM EDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 
LOCUST GROVE. THE FUNNEL CLOUD COULD TOUCH DOWN AT ANY TIME. RADAR 
INDICATED THAT THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR   POPLAR 
GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PIKETON...
  SOUTH WEBSTER...
  LUCASVILLE...

IN ADDITION...RARDEN...ELM GROVE...OTWAY...BEAR CREEK...WAKEFIELD...
MCDERMOTT...STATE ROUTE 335 AT STATE ROUTE 776 AND MINFORD 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3874 8269 3872 8270 3891 8335 3909 8334
      3907 8279 3896 8280 3894 8275 3886 8276
      3886 8269 3875 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 286DEG 22KT 3899 8327

$$
1 follow-up statement
210 
WWUS51 KILN 280101
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
901 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

OHC001-131-145-280115-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110628T0115Z/
ADAMS OH-PIKE OH-SCIOTO OH-
901 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
SCIOTO...SOUTHERN PIKE AND NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

AT 855 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS 
HAVE OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED 
NEAR ELM GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE 
TORNADO...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIKETON...SOUTH WEBSTER AND LUCASVILLE.

IN ADDITION...BEAR CREEK...WAKEFIELD...MCDERMOTT...STATE ROUTE 335 AT
STATE ROUTE 776...MINFORD...PORTSMOUTH REGIONAL AIRPORT...LYRA AND
GIVENS 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. 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 3874 8269 3872 8270 3891 8335 3909 8334
      3907 8279 3896 8280 3894 8275 3886 8276
      3886 8269 3875 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 286DEG 22KT 3898 8311

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAdams, Highland, Pike, Scioto3 hr
Jun 27, 8:51 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Highland, Ross24 min
Jun 27, 9:11 PM EDTTornado WarningILNFayette, Pickaway49 min
Jun 27, 9:13 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAdams, Pike, Scioto33 min
Jun 27, 9:23 PM EDTTornado WarningILNFairfield, Hocking, Pickaway36 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.