Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2011, 12:10 AM EDT for Auglaize County, Hardin County, Ohio. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 20, 2011, 12:10 AM EDT (04:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2011, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Auglaize County, OH, Hardin County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 12:35 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waynesfield, OH | LARGE BRANCHES BROKEN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1686 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.3
- Supercell composite
- 18.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
737
WFUS51 KILN 200410
TORILN
OHC011-065-200445-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0006.110420T0410Z-110420T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1210 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
HARDIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT.
* AT 1207 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR WAYNESFIELD......MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM
PRODUCED A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN NORTH CENTRAL AUGLAIZE
COUNTY AT 1206 AM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESFIELD...
ALGER...
ADA...
DUNKIRK...
KENTON...
IN ADDITION...ROUNDHEAD...STATE ROUTE 195 AT STATE ROUTE 235...
MCGUFFEY...JUMBO...WALTON...HUNTERSVILLE...SILVER CREEK 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 500 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN
OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 4052 8349 4053 8383 4054 8389 4054 8399
4053 8399 4053 8415 4066 8414 4066 8411
4065 8410 4065 8389 4080 8389 4083 8383
4082 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 261DEG 42KT 4064 8401
$$2 follow-up statements
941
WWUS51 KILN 200427
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1227 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
OHC011-200435-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T0445Z/
AUGLAIZE OH-
1227 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4052 8349 4053 8383 4065 8389 4080 8389
4083 8383 4082 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 259DEG 53KT 4064 8372
$$
OHC065-200445-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T0445Z/
HARDIN OH-
1227 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR HARDIN
COUNTY...
AT 1224 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR WALTON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM A POSSIBLE TORNADO.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KENTON AND DUNKIRK.
IN ADDITION...SILVER CREEK...DOLA...BLANCHARD...MENTZER...GRANT AND
MOUNT VICTORY 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 4052 8349 4053 8383 4065 8389 4080 8389
4083 8383 4082 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 259DEG 53KT 4064 8372
$$205
WWUS51 KILN 200446
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1246 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
OHC065-200455-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110420T0445Z/
HARDIN OH-
1246 AM EDT WED APR 20 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HARDIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 4052 8349 4053 8383 4065 8389 4080 8389
4083 8383 4082 8354
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 259DEG 53KT 4069 8334
$$
ANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Preble, Shelby | 67 min |
| Apr 19, 11:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan and 4 more | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 11:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 11:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 12:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Hardin, Logan, Miami, Shelby and 1 more | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 12:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 12:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 12:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 12:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 23 min |
| Apr 20, 1:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 1:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 1:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 1:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Champaign, Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery and 2 more | 43 min |
| Apr 20, 1:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Hamilton | 36 min |
| Apr 20, 1:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Hamilton | 38 min |
| Apr 20, 1:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Greene, Hamilton, Highland and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 1:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 5 more | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 1:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 1:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Highland, Madison and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont | 49 min |
| Apr 20, 2:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Highland | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 2:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and 1 more | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 2:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clinton, Highland, Warren | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Fayette, Highland, Pike, Ross, Scioto | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 2:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Highland, Pike | 37 min |
| Apr 20, 2:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams | 18 min |
| Apr 20, 2:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Union | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 41 min |
| Apr 20, 2:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 2:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Licking | 23 min |
| Apr 20, 2:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 2:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross, Scioto | 39 min |
| Apr 20, 3:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 20 min |
| Apr 20, 3:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 5:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 6:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 9:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Warren | 5 hr |
| Apr 20, 9:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Butler | 5 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 7 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:24 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 3 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:46 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | ILN | Hamilton | 11 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.