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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT for Butler County, Ohio; Franklin County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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
- May 1, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2012, 5:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, IN, Butler County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
278 WFUS51 KILN 012130 TORILN INC047-OHC017-012215- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0025.120501T2130Z-120501T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 530 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA... WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 615 PM EDT. * AT 525 PM EDT...THERE WAS AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR MOUNT CARAMEL INDIANA. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCIPIO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO ROTATE PER RADAR IMAGERY. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FRANKLIN AND WESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...INCLUDING REILY AND MCGONIGLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO. && LAT...LON 3951 8466 3940 8460 3939 8485 3949 8483 TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 258DEG 15KT 3941 8482 $$ BINAU
2 follow-up statements
488 WWUS51 KILN 012138 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 538 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 INC047-012147- /O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120501T2215Z/ FRANKLIN IN- 538 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. LAT...LON 3939 8477 3950 8476 3951 8466 3940 8460 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 258DEG 15KT 3942 8473 $$ OHC017-012215- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120501T2215Z/ BUTLER OH- 538 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY... AT 534 PM EDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING AN UNCOMFIRMED BRIEF TORNADO NEAR MOUNT CARAMEL IN INDIANA. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REILY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY... INCLUDING MCGONIGLE. 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. 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 3939 8477 3950 8476 3951 8466 3940 8460 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 258DEG 15KT 3942 8473 $$ BINAU
629 WWUS51 KILN 012156 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 556 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 OHC017-012205- /O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120501T2215Z/ BUTLER OH- 556 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. LAT...LON 3939 8477 3950 8476 3951 8466 3940 8460 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 258DEG 15KT 3943 8463 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 8:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Montgomery, Warren | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont | 21 min |
| Apr 30, 9:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 114 min |
| Apr 30, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pickaway | 39 min |
| May 1, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 45 min |
| May 1, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 48 min |
| May 1, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 46 min |
| May 1, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 52 min |
| May 1, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 40 min |
| May 1, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 51 min |
| May 1, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Highland | 45 min |
| May 1, 5:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler | 28 min |
| May 1, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 38 min |
| May 1, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 15 min |
| May 1, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Greene | 40 min |
| May 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 4 hr |
| May 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Warren | 33 min |
| May 1, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Highland, Pike, Ross | 42 min |
| May 1, 6:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| May 1, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 26 min |
| May 1, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Madison | 41 min |
| May 1, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ross | 49 min |
| May 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams, Brown | 56 min |
| May 1, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Pickaway | 38 min |
| May 1, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pike | 61 min |
| May 1, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland | 42 min |
| May 1, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 51 min |
| May 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 51 min |
| May 1, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Pike, Scioto | 44 min |
| May 1, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Scioto | 21 min |
| May 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne | 55 min |
| May 1, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union | 37 min |
| May 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Switzerland | 54 min |
| May 1, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 41 min |
| May 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley | 45 min |
| May 1, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 26 min |
| May 1, 6:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley | 4 hr |
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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.