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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2012, 7:38 PM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 22 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 30, 2012, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Licking County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:41 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | St. Louisville, OH | FUNNEL CLOUD VERY CLOSE TO THE GROUND FOR 2 MINUTES BETWEEN UTICA AND ST. LOUISVILLE, RAIN WRAPPED |
| Mar 30, 7:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Ese St. Louisville, OH | PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Mar 30, 7:45 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Ese St. Louisville, OH | SAW FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCH DOWN BUT WAS UNABLE TO SEE ANY DEBRIS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
560
WFUS51 KILN 302338
TORILN
OHC089-310000-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0023.120330T2338Z-120331T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
738 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LICKING COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 736 PM EDT...NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD ARE
COMING IN FROM NORTHERN LICKING COUNTY. THE FUNNEL CLOUD COULD TOUCH
DOWN AT ANY TIME. RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ST. LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
LICKING COUNTY...INCLUDING ST. LOUISVILLE AND FALLSBURG.
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 4011 8219 4014 8251 4027 8248 4025 8247
4024 8219 4024 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 278DEG 29KT 4018 8245
$$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, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Licking | 33 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, 7:42 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.