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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 2, 2012Adams County, Brown County, Ohio; Bracken County, Mason County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:08 PM EST for Adams County, Brown County, Ohio; Bracken County, Mason County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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: Mar 2, 2012, 5:08 PM EST (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 5:45 PM EST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bracken County, KY, Mason County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 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
Mar 2, 5:22 PM EST	TORNADO	Bentonville, OH	REPORTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
Mar 2, 5:30 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw West Union, OH	ROOF OFF COUNTY GARAGE. CAR LOT JUST SOUTH OF GARAGE HAD POLE KNOCKED DOWN...DAMAGING SEVERAL CARS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Mar 2, 5:31 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	S West Union, OH	DAMAGE TO METAL ROOFING AND SIDING AT A RESIDENCE ON E SOUTH STREET.

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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 78 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

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The text

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

973 
WFUS51 KILN 022208
TORILN
KYC023-161-OHC001-015-022245-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0011.120302T2208Z-120302T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 545 PM EST.

* AT 505 PM EST...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A
  HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR BERLIN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE            
  TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AUGUSTA...
  RIPLEY...
  ABERDEEN...
  MANCHESTER...
  WEST UNION...

IN ADDITION...PARINA...CHATHAM...AA HIGHWAY AT STATE ROUTE 19...
GERMANTOWN...HIGGINSPORT...MINERVA...STONEY POINT AND DOVER ARE NEAR
THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...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.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 3878 8422 3879 8414 3877 8408 3877 8405
      3880 8405 3886 8353 3870 8352 3869 8361
      3867 8364 3866 8364 3865 8369 3864 8421
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 264DEG 54KT 3871 8406

$$


BINAU

2 follow-up statements

442 
WWUS51 KILN 022224
SVSILN

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

KYC023-022234-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120302T2245Z/
BRACKEN KY-
524 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BRACKEN 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 3864 8397 3876 8390 3880 8391 3886 8353
      3870 8352 3869 8361 3867 8364 3866 8364
      3865 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 264DEG 54KT 3872 8375

$$

KYC161-OHC001-015-022245-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120302T2245Z/
MASON KY-ADAMS OH-BROWN OH-
524 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BROWN...SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS AND NORTHWESTERN MASON
COUNTIES...

AT 519 PM EST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
THAT WAS LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR TUCKAHOE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANCHESTER AND WEST UNION.

IN ADDITION...DECATUR...BRADYSVILLE AND BENTONVILLE 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.

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 3864 8397 3876 8390 3880 8391 3886 8353
      3870 8352 3869 8361 3867 8364 3866 8364
      3865 8369
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 264DEG 54KT 3872 8375

$$


BINAU

899 
WWUS51 KILN 022235
SVSILN

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

KYC161-OHC015-022244-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120302T2245Z/
MASON KY-BROWN OH-
535 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROWN AND NORTHWESTERN MASON
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 3869 8371 3884 8362 3886 8353 3871 8352
      3869 8356 3869 8359 3869 8362 3867 8364
      3866 8364 3865 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 264DEG 54KT 3869 8355

$$

OHC001-022245-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120302T2245Z/
ADAMS OH-
535 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY...

AT 528 PM EST...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR BENTONVILLE. 
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS NOW LOCATED 
NEAR WEST UNION...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST UNION.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION!

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.

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 3869 8371 3884 8362 3886 8353 3871 8352
      3869 8356 3869 8359 3869 8362 3867 8364
      3866 8364 3865 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 264DEG 54KT 3869 8355

$$


BINAU

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 4:18 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clermont	27 min
Mar 2, 4:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Logan, Miami, Shelby	42 min
Mar 2, 4:44 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont	46 min
Mar 2, 5:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland, Pike	30 min
Mar 2, 5:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	37 min
Mar 2, 5:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	43 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	35 min
Mar 2, 5:41 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	30 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	45 min
Mar 2, 6:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Scioto	21 min
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, 4:30 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, 5:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson	34 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.