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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 30, 2012Delaware County, Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2012, 6:57 PM EDT for Delaware County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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 30, 2012, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Delaware County, OH, Licking County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 30, 7:12 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 Nw Johnstown, OH	911 CENTER RELAYED FIRE DEPT REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD VIEWED FROM ROUTE 37 NORTHWEST OF JOHNSTOWN
Mar 30, 7:28 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Galena, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 30, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 364 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.

959 
WFUS51 KILN 302257
TORILN
OHC041-089-302330-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0022.120330T2257Z-120330T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
657 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
  NORTHWESTERN LICKING COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.

* AT 656 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  INTERSTATE 71 AT US ROUTE 36/STATE ROUTE 37...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUNBURY...
  JOHNSTOWN...
  UTICA...

IN ADDITION...GALENA...HARTFORD...US ROUTE 62 AT STATE ROUTE 661 AND
ST. LOUISVILLE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 133...

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4009 8240 4020 8300 4026 8301 4030 8295
      4033 8274 4028 8274 4027 8252 4027 8248
      4025 8247 4025 8240 4024 8238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 274DEG 36KT 4023 8292

$$

1 follow-up statement

798 
WWUS51 KILN 302318
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
718 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

OHC041-302328-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T2330Z/
DELAWARE OH-
718 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DELAWARE 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 4009 8240 4016 8276 4028 8275 4027 8248
      4025 8247 4025 8240 4024 8238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 274DEG 36KT 4022 8265

$$

OHC089-302330-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120330T2330Z/
LICKING OH-
718 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LICKING COUNTY...

AT 712 PM EDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A WALL CLOUD 
HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. THE FUNNEL CLOUD COULD TOUCH 
DOWN AT ANY TIME. RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR HARTFORD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE 
TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UTICA.

IN ADDITION...US ROUTE 62 AT STATE ROUTE 661 AND ST. LOUISVILLE 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 4009 8240 4016 8276 4028 8275 4027 8248
      4025 8247 4025 8240 4024 8238
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 274DEG 36KT 4022 8265

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Shelby	53 min
Mar 30, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Shelby	41 min
Mar 30, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin, Logan, Union	25 min
Mar 30, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign	36 min
Mar 30, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware, Union	47 min
Mar 30, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	38 min
Mar 30, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Madison, Union	43 min
Mar 30, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	67 min
Mar 30, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Licking	54 min
Mar 30, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	49 min
Mar 30, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Miami	53 min
Mar 30, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union	45 min
Mar 30, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Licking	31 min
Mar 30, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Madison, Pickaway	58 min
Mar 30, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union	41 min
Mar 30, 7:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Licking	22 min
Mar 30, 7:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Licking	33 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.