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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 2, 2012Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:47 PM EST for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. 4 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 2, 2012, 3:47 PM EST (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 4:15 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ripley County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 2, 3:54 PM EST	TORNADO	Holton, IN	MEDIA SOURCING THE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTING 4 KILLED IN HOLTON.
Mar 2, 3:59 PM EST	TORNADO	Holton, IN	REPORT OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND. FLIPPED CAR SEVERAL TIMES.
Mar 2, 4:07 PM EST	TORNADO	Holton, IN	SEVERAL HOMES DESTROYED, 1 INJURY
Mar 2, 4:25 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Osgood, IN	3/4 OF ROOF OFF OF HOUSE.

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 2, 1:02 PM EST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

641 
WFUS51 KILN 022047
TORILN
INC137-022115-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0003.120302T2047Z-120302T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
347 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EST.

* AT 342 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST
  OF HOLTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...  
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE 
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OSGOOD...
  VERSAILLES...
  BATESVILLE...
  MILAN...

IN ADDITION...NEW MARION...HOLTON...OTTER VILLAGE...NAPOLEON...
VERSAILLES LAKE...PENNTOWN AND SUNMAN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149 AND 157...

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
SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 3919 8545 3931 8522 3931 8507 3930 8507
      3924 8507 3923 8508 3918 8509 3902 8512
      3897 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 249DEG 43KT 3908 8549

$$

HATZOS

2 follow-up statements

106 
WWUS51 KILN 022054
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
354 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

INC137-022115-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120302T2115Z/
RIPLEY IN-
354 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR RIPLEY
COUNTY...

AT 351 PM EST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HOLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE 
TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VERSAILLES...OSGOOD...MILAN AND BATESVILLE.

IN ADDITION...NAPOLEON...VERSAILLES LAKE...SUNMAN AND PENNTOWN 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 3919 8545 3931 8522 3931 8507 3930 8507
      3924 8507 3923 8508 3918 8509 3902 8512
      3897 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 246DEG 55KT 3910 8534

$$

HATZOS

229 
WWUS51 KILN 022104
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
404 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

INC137-022115-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120302T2115Z/
RIPLEY IN-
404 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
RIPLEY COUNTY...

AT 400 PM EST...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
OSGOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE 
TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR HOLTON WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILAN AND BATESVILLE.

IN ADDITION...SUNMAN AND PENNTOWN 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 3922 8535 3931 8522 3931 8507 3924 8507
      3921 8509 3902 8512 3902 8539
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 246DEG 55KT 3915 8520

$$

HATZOS

The 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	Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne	24 hr
Mar 2, 9:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Switzerland	64 min
Mar 2, 10:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Wayne	50 min
Mar 2, 10:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland	34 min
Mar 2, 11:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland	34 min
Mar 2, 3:15 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette, Wayne	45 min
Mar 2, 3:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Wayne	40 min
Mar 2, 3:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	38 min
Mar 2, 3:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	36 min
Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	ILN	Switzerland	40 min
Mar 2, 4:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	ILN	Switzerland	27 min
Mar 2, 4:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	21 min
Mar 2, 4:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	20 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.