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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 14, 2011Fairfield County, Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 14, 2011, 9:07 PM EST for Fairfield County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 23 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: Nov 14, 2011, 9:07 PM EST (02:07 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 9:30 PM EST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fairfield County, OH, Licking County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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
Nov 14, 9:07 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 56	Kvta Newark-Heath Apt, OH
Nov 14, 9:12 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Hanover, OH	36 FOOT TRAVEL TRAVEL MOVED AND TIPPED OVER. TIME APPROXIMATED.

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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 548 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 582 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

515 
WFUS51 KILN 150207
TORILN
OHC045-089-150230-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0062.111115T0207Z-111115T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
907 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN LICKING COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 930 PM EST.

* AT 905 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HEBRON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEATH...
  NEWARK...
  HANOVER...

IN ADDITION...BROWNSVILLE AND GRATIOT ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 142...

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 1100 PM EST
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHWEST OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 3995 8219 3994 8223 3992 8223 3991 8224
      3992 8242 3993 8246 3987 8246 3986 8255
      4003 8262 4015 8219 4015 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 252DEG 57KT 3998 8247

$$

2 follow-up statements

987 
WWUS51 KILN 150212
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
912 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

OHC045-089-150230-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-111115T0230Z/
FAIRFIELD OH-LICKING OH-
912 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LICKING AND NORTHEASTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTIES...

AT 909 PM EST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BUCKEYE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWARK AND HANOVER.

IN ADDITION...BROWNSVILLE AND GRATIOT 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 3995 8219 3994 8223 3992 8223 3991 8224
      3992 8242 3993 8246 3987 8246 3986 8255
      4003 8262 4015 8219 4015 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 254DEG 53KT 3996 8240

$$

021 
WWUS51 KILN 150227
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
927 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

OHC045-089-150237-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-111115T0230Z/
FAIRFIELD OH-LICKING OH-
927 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LICKING AND NORTHEASTERN
FAIRFIELD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EST...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 3995 8219 3994 8223 3992 8223 3991 8224
      3992 8242 3993 8246 3987 8246 3986 8255
      4003 8262 4015 8219 4015 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 254DEG 53KT 4002 8212

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 14, 7:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin, Logan, Union	14 min
Nov 14, 7:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Logan, Union	3 hr
Nov 14, 7:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Miami and 1 more	67 min
Nov 14, 7:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren	62 min
Nov 14, 8:10 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby	3 hr
Nov 14, 8:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Pickaway, Warren	47 min
Nov 14, 8:53 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	52 min
Nov 14, 8:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont, Fairfield, Highland, Pickaway, Ross	49 min
Nov 14, 8:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont	46 min
Nov 14, 9:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	26 min
Nov 14, 9:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross	31 min
Nov 14, 9:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland	31 min
Nov 14, 9:57 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	33 min
Nov 14, 9:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike	46 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.