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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 18, 2012, 5:57 PM EDT for Delaware County, Franklin County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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 18, 2012, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Delaware County, OH, Franklin County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Dublin, OH | |
| Mar 18, 6:18 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Hilliard, OH | |
| Mar 18, 6:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Hilliard, OH |
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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
652 WFUS51 KILN 182157 TORILN OHC041-049-182230- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0018.120318T2157Z-120318T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 557 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO... NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT. * AT 556 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUBLIN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... POWELL... UPPER ARLINGTON... WORTHINGTON... MINERVA PARK... WESTERVILLE... GAHANNA... IN ADDITION...RIVERLEA...HUBER RIDGE...CENTER VILLAGE AND NEW ALBANY ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE... I-71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 112 AND 124... 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. && LAT...LON 3995 8278 4005 8318 4021 8315 4016 8276 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 285DEG 23KT 4012 8310 $$ HATZOS
1 follow-up statement
029 WWUS51 KILN 182213 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 613 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012 OHC041-049-182230- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120318T2230Z/ DELAWARE OH-FRANKLIN OH- 613 PM EDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO... AT 609 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WORTHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO... THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. STORM SPOTTERS IN NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY HAVE REPORTED A WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MINERVA PARK...WESTERVILLE...GAHANNA AND REYNOLDSBURG. IN ADDITION...HUBER RIDGE AND NEW ALBANY ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3995 8278 4004 8314 4016 8304 4016 8276 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 285DEG 23KT 4009 8300 $$ HATZOS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan, Union | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Union | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 4:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Logan | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan | 24 min |
| Mar 18, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Union | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 29 min |
| Mar 18, 4:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign | 112 min |
| Mar 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pike | 20 min |
| Mar 18, 5:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Union | 2 hr |
| Mar 18, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Greene | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware, Union | 57 min |
| Mar 18, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Fayette, Greene, Madison | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Union | 49 min |
| Mar 18, 5:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Union | 116 min |
| Mar 18, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Madison, Pickaway, Ross | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 6:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Delaware, Franklin | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Licking | 35 min |
| Mar 18, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking | 49 min |
| Mar 18, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Pickaway | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 6:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway | 45 min |
| Mar 18, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison | 3 hr |
| Mar 18, 7:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Licking | 117 min |
| Mar 18, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 53 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.