Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:09 PM EST for Scioto County, Ohio. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:09 PM EST (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Scioto County, OH
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
973
WFUS51 KILN 022309
TORILN
OHC145-022330-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0017.120302T2309Z-120302T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
609 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 630 PM EST.
* AT 604 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST
OF FRANKLIN FURNACE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN FURNACE...
WHEELERSBURG...
SOUTH WEBSTER...
IN ADDITION...HAVERHILL...POWELLSVILLE AND LYRA 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 900 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 3859 8285 3867 8286 3868 8288 3891 8276
3886 8275 3886 8268 3885 8265 3876 8265
3873 8269 3869 8269 3868 8271 3867 8276
3860 8274 3857 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 258DEG 51KT 3863 8293
$$
BINAU1 follow-up statement
027
WWUS51 KILN 022328
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
628 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
OHC145-022338-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
SCIOTO OH-
628 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SCIOTO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM EST...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST.
LAT...LON 3859 8285 3867 8286 3868 8288 3891 8276
3886 8275 3886 8268 3885 8265 3876 8265
3873 8269 3869 8269 3868 8271 3867 8276
3860 8274 3857 8282
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 258DEG 51KT 3861 8257
$$
BINAUThe 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, 5:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown | 37 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 |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.