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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Wilmington, OH

September 8, 2012Delaware County, Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 8, 2012, 2:23 AM EDT for Delaware County, Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 37 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: Sep 8, 2012, 2:23 AM EDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired: Sep 8, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Delaware County, OH, Licking County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 7, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

139 
WFUS51 KILN 080623
TORILN
OHC041-089-080700-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0032.120908T0623Z-120908T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
223 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT.

* AT 222 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTER
  VILLAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

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

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 300 AM EDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.

&&

LAT...LON 4019 8235 4008 8277 4012 8276 4013 8281
      4019 8282 4028 8260 4027 8248 4025 8247
      4025 8242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0624Z 244DEG 37KT 4015 8275

$$
ASL

4 follow-up statements

684 
WWUS51 KILN 080630
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
230 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

OHC041-080640-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120908T0700Z/
DELAWARE OH-
230 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN 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 4019 8235 4009 8274 4012 8276 4014 8276
      4021 8275 4028 8260 4027 8248 4025 8247
      4025 8242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 244DEG 37KT 4018 8268

$$

OHC089-080700-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120908T0700Z/
LICKING OH-
230 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LICKING COUNTY...

AT 229 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
JOHNSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UTICA.

IN ADDITION...US ROUTE 62 AT STATE ROUTE 661 IS 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 4019 8235 4009 8274 4012 8276 4014 8276
      4021 8275 4028 8260 4027 8248 4025 8247
      4025 8242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 244DEG 37KT 4018 8268

$$
ASL

631 
WWUS51 KILN 080636
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
236 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

OHC089-080700-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120908T0700Z/
LICKING OH-
236 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
LICKING COUNTY...

AT 234 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES WEST OF US ROUTE 62 AT STATE ROUTE 661...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UTICA.

IN ADDITION...US ROUTE 62 AT STATE ROUTE 661 IS 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 4028 8260 4027 8248 4025 8247 4025 8242
      4019 8235 4012 8264 4015 8264 4017 8265
      4024 8268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0636Z 244DEG 37KT 4021 8261

$$
ASL

353 
WWUS51 KILN 080643
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
243 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

OHC089-080700-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120908T0700Z/
LICKING OH-
243 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR NORTHERN
LICKING COUNTY...

AT 242 AM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
US ROUTE 62 AT STATE ROUTE 661...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UTICA.

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 4015 8254 4018 8254 4020 8253 4026 8255
      4028 8256 4027 8248 4025 8247 4025 8242
      4019 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 231DEG 40KT 4021 8247

$$
ASL

733 
WWUS51 KILN 080651
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
251 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

OHC089-080702-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120908T0700Z/
LICKING OH-
251 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LICKING COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 300
AM EDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE 
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.

LAT...LON 4015 8254 4018 8254 4020 8253 4026 8255
      4028 8256 4027 8248 4025 8247 4025 8242
      4019 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 0652Z 231DEG 40KT 4027 8238

$$
ASL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke	60 min
Sep 7, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	38 min
Sep 7, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke	40 min
Sep 7, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	25 min
Sep 7, 10:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Shelby	46 min
Sep 7, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler, Darke, Hamilton, Preble	57 min
Sep 7, 11:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Hamilton, Warren	114 min
Sep 7, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Greene, Hamilton and 3 more	68 min
Sep 8, 12:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene, Montgomery	34 min
Sep 8, 12:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont	38 min
Sep 8, 12:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Warren	32 min
Sep 8, 12:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Highland	48 min
Sep 8, 12:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Greene, Madison, Union	32 min
Sep 8, 1:04 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clermont	16 min
Sep 8, 1:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pike, Ross	45 min
Sep 8, 1:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Madison, Union	26 min
Sep 8, 1:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland	45 min
Sep 8, 1:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway, Pike and 1 more	55 min
Sep 8, 2:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	40 min
Sep 8, 2:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Franklin, Licking	24 min
Sep 8, 2:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Pike, Scioto	46 min
Sep 8, 2:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	36 min

Nearby

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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.