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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 2, 2012Adams County, Highland County, Pike County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 5:15 PM EST for Adams County, Highland County, Pike County, Ohio. It was in force for 30 min. 4 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, 5:15 PM EST (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 5:45 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, OH, Highland County, OH, Pike County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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
Mar 2, 5:25 PM ESTTORNADON Seaman, OHPOSSIBLE TORNADO. 2 HOUSES HAVE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE NORTH OF SEAMAN NEAR SR 247.
Mar 2, 5:35 PM ESTHAIL 0.5Seaman, OH
Mar 2, 5:36 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 65Seaman, OH
Mar 2, 5:40 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 70Peebles, OH

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 1:02 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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.

030 
WFUS51 KILN 022215
TORILN
OHC001-071-131-022245-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0012.120302T2215Z-120302T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  SOUTHEASTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  WESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 545 PM EST.

* AT 509 PM EST...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A
  HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES WEST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO   
  THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO GOLFBALL  
  SIZED HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WINCHESTER...
  SEAMAN...
  BELFAST...
  PEEBLES...

TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY 
DANGEROUS SITUATION!

IN ADDITION...EMERALD...CHERRY FORK...MAY HILL...LOCUST GROVE...
SINKING SPRING...SMOKY CORNERS AND POPLAR GROVE 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.

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 3882 8369 3906 8368 3911 8352 3913 8337
      3912 8327 3887 8326
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 261DEG 48KT 3892 8376

$$


BINAU
1 follow-up statement
982 
WWUS51 KILN 022236
SVSILN

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

OHC001-071-131-022245-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120302T2245Z/
ADAMS OH-PIKE OH-HIGHLAND OH-
536 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HIGHLAND...WESTERN PIKE AND NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

AT 532 PM EST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
THAT WAS LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PEEBLES...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN ADAMS...
SOUTHEASTERN HIGHLAND AND WESTERN PIKE COUNTIES...INCLUDING SMOKY
CORNERS AND POPLAR GROVE.

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 3904 8356 3909 8349 3913 8337 3912 8327
      3887 8327 3883 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 261DEG 48KT 3896 8338

$$


BINAU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 4:08 AM ESTWind AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke and 19 more24 hr
Mar 2, 8:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNMercer38 min
Mar 2, 9:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNShelby61 min
Mar 2, 10:40 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNMarion35 min
Mar 2, 3:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke45 min
Mar 2, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Preble40 min
Mar 2, 3:39 PM ESTTornado WarningILNDarke, Preble36 min
Mar 2, 4:09 PM ESTTornado WarningILNDarke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble21 min
Mar 2, 4:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami, Shelby30 min
Mar 2, 4:11 PM ESTTornado WarningILNHamilton20 min
Mar 2, 4:18 PM ESTTornado WarningILNClermont27 min
Mar 2, 4:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNChampaign, Clark, Logan, Miami, Shelby42 min
Mar 2, 4:44 PM ESTTornado WarningILNBrown, Clermont46 min
Mar 2, 5:08 PM ESTTornado WarningILNAdams, Brown37 min
Mar 2, 5:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Scioto37 min
Mar 2, 5:32 PM ESTTornado WarningILNAdams, Pike, Scioto43 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM ESTTornado WarningILNAdams, Brown35 min
Mar 2, 5:41 PM ESTTornado WarningILNAdams, Pike, Scioto30 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM ESTTornado WarningILNAdams, Scioto45 min
Mar 2, 6:09 PM ESTTornado WarningILNScioto21 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.