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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 2, 2012Bracken County, Campbell County, Pendleton County, Kentucky; Brown County, Clermont County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:44 PM EST for Bracken County, Campbell County, Pendleton County, Kentucky; Brown County, Clermont County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 min. 18 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: Mar 2, 2012, 4:44 PM EST (21:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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
Mar 2, 4:44 PM EST	HAIL 1.5	New Richmond, OH	PHOTO OF HAIL ABOUT 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER
Mar 2, 4:55 PM EST	TORNADO	6 S Bethel, OH	TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND ALONG 756 BETWEEN FELICITY AND BETHEL.
Mar 2, 4:55 PM EST	TORNADO	Moscow, OH	POSSIBLE TORNADO. WIDESPREAD STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
Mar 2, 4:57 PM EST	HAIL 1	Bethel, OH
Mar 2, 4:58 PM EST	HAIL 1.25	Bethel, OH	QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL.
Mar 2, 5:00 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 N Georgetown, OH	PERSON TRAPPED UNDER HOME ON KINCHELOE RD.
Mar 2, 5:00 PM EST	TORNADO	5 Se Bethel, OH	2 HOMES DAMAGED AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NEAR SR774 AND PRIDE HILL RD. ALSO A TRAILER AND HOME DESTROYED NEAR POETOWN.
Mar 2, 5:00 PM EST	TORNADO	Hamersville, OH	POSSIBLE TORNADO. TRAILER DESTROYED.
Mar 2, 5:03 PM EST	HAIL 1	1 E Bethel, OH	DIME TO QUARTER SIZE.
Mar 2, 5:04 PM EST	HAIL 1	Locust Ridge, OH	NEAR BROWN COUNTY LINE
Mar 2, 5:08 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Wnw Ivor, KY	MEDIA REPORTS TRAILERS DAMAGED...POWER LINES DOWN AND LIGHT POLES DOWN NEAR AA KY HIGHWAY NEAR FLAGG SPRING
Mar 2, 5:10 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Sardinia, OH	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON CATALPA CORNER RD.
Mar 2, 5:13 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	Sardinia, OH
Mar 2, 5:16 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Wsw Winchester, OH	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN ON GREATHOUSE RD. ALSO A CAMPER TRAILER FLIPPED ON JOHN WOODS RD. NWS STORM SURVEY INDICATES THIS DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY NONTORNADIC WINDS.
Mar 2, 5:16 PM EST	TORNADO	3 Wsw Winchester, OH	NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN ON GREATHOUSE RD. ALSO A CAMPER TRAILER FLIPPED ON JOHN WOODS RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE.
Mar 2, 5:19 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Hamersville, OH	HOUSE TRAILER BLOWN INTO ROAD AND TREES DOWN.
Mar 2, 5:19 PM EST	NON-TSTM WND DMG	Hamersville, OH	HOUSE TRAILER BLOWN INTO ROAD AND TREES DOWN.
Mar 2, 5:40 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Peach Grove, KY	HEAVY DAMAGE TO CHURCH ON SR 10

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
Mar 2, 1:02 PM EST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

787 
WFUS51 KILN 022144
TORILN
KYC023-037-191-OHC015-025-022230-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0010.120302T2144Z-120302T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
444 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN PENDLETON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHERN CLERMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 530 PM EST.

* AT 442 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS
  LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  PEACH GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE            
  TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED       
  HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW RICHMOND...
  FELICITY...
  BETHEL...
  GEORGETOWN...
  SARDINIA...

IN ADDITION...CALIFORNIA...IVOR...MENTOR...FOSTER...MOSCOW...
NEVILLE...WILLOW GROVE AND LINDALE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. A TORNADO IS LIKELY ON THE 
GROUND!

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 EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 3873 8444 3880 8445 3884 8438 3889 8439
      3899 8435 3902 8369 3881 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 257DEG 49KT 3886 8427

$$


BINAU

3 follow-up statements

014 
WWUS51 KILN 022157
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
457 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC037-022207-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120302T2230Z/
CAMPBELL KY-
457 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CAMPBELL 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 3880 8445 3881 8439 3887 8423 3889 8423
      3892 8425 3900 8421 3902 8369 3881 8370
      3873 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 257DEG 49KT 3889 8406

$$

KYC023-191-OHC015-025-022230-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120302T2230Z/
PENDLETON KY-BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-CLERMONT OH-
457 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
CLERMONT...CENTRAL BROWN...NORTHWESTERN BRACKEN AND NORTHERN
PENDLETON COUNTIES...

AT 456 PM EST...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND! 
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
POINT ISABEL...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE 
TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GEORGETOWN AND SARDINIA.

IN ADDITION...FEESBURG...HIGGINSPORT...LOCUST RIDGE...HAMERSVILLE...
REDOAK...RUSSELLVILLE...DECATUR AND STATE ROUTE 32 AT US ROUTE 62 ARE
NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

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. 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 3880 8445 3881 8439 3887 8423 3889 8423
      3892 8425 3900 8421 3902 8369 3881 8370
      3873 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 257DEG 49KT 3889 8406

$$


BINAU

856 
WWUS51 KILN 022206
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
506 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC191-022215-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120302T2230Z/
PENDLETON KY-
506 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PENDLETON 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 3880 8423 3883 8422 3886 8417 3889 8412
      3892 8410 3900 8411 3902 8369 3881 8370
      3875 8423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 257DEG 49KT 3891 8393

$$

KYC023-OHC015-025-022230-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120302T2230Z/
BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-CLERMONT OH-
506 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CLERMONT...CENTRAL BROWN AND NORTHWESTERN BRACKEN
COUNTIES...

TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECENTLY SPOTTED WITH THIS STORM. RADAR 
INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
FEESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS 
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SARDINIA.

IN ADDITION...REDOAK...RUSSELLVILLE...DECATUR...STATE ROUTE 32 AT US
ROUTE 62 AND FINCASTLE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE 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. PROTECT YOURSELF 
FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

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 3880 8423 3883 8422 3886 8417 3889 8412
      3892 8410 3900 8411 3902 8369 3881 8370
      3875 8423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 257DEG 49KT 3891 8393

$$


BINAU

186 
WWUS51 KILN 022217
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
517 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

KYC023-OHC025-022226-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120302T2230Z/
BRACKEN KY-CLERMONT OH-
517 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLERMONT AND NORTHERN BRACKEN
COUNTIES 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 3879 8399 3897 8392 3901 8387 3902 8369
      3881 8370 3878 8395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 257DEG 49KT 3897 8371

$$

OHC015-022230-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120302T2230Z/
BROWN OH-
517 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN
BROWN COUNTY...

AT 514 PM EST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
THAT WAS LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR STATE ROUTE 32 AT US ROUTE 62...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. IN 
ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY.

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.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

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 3879 8399 3897 8392 3901 8387 3902 8369
      3881 8370 3878 8395
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 257DEG 49KT 3897 8371

$$


BINAU

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 9:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton	64 min
Mar 2, 10:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant	34 min
Mar 2, 3:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin	38 min
Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	ILN	Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	40 min
Mar 2, 4:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	ILN	Boone, Gallatin, Kenton	27 min
Mar 2, 4:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton	27 min
Mar 2, 4:30 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Bracken, Grant, Owen, Pendleton	45 min
Mar 2, 4:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton	40 min
Mar 2, 5:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Bracken, Mason	37 min
Mar 2, 5:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson	34 min
Mar 2, 5:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis, Mason	37 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Lewis, Mason, Robertson	35 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Lewis, Mason	45 min
Mar 2, 4:08 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke and 19 more	24 hr
Mar 2, 8:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	38 min
Mar 2, 9:44 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	61 min
Mar 2, 10:40 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Marion	35 min
Mar 2, 3:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke	45 min
Mar 2, 3:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Preble	40 min
Mar 2, 3:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Darke, Preble	36 min
Mar 2, 4:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	21 min
Mar 2, 4:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Shelby	30 min
Mar 2, 4:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Hamilton	20 min
Mar 2, 4:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Logan, Miami, Shelby	42 min
Mar 2, 5:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland, Pike	30 min
Mar 2, 5:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	43 min
Mar 2, 5:41 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	30 min
Mar 2, 6:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Scioto	21 min

Nearby

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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.