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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:03 PM EST for Boone County, Gallatin County, Kenton County, Kentucky; Switzerland County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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 2, 2012, 4:03 PM EST (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Switzerland County, IN, Boone County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Kenton County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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, 4:05 PM EST | HAIL 2.75 | Warsaw, KY | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Mar 2, 4:36 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 Ene Fiskburg, KY | MANY TREES SNAPPED. CHURCH DESTROYED. MOBILE HOME DAMAGED. DAMAGE OCCURRED IN MORNING VIEW. |
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 | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
971
WFUS51 KILN 022103
TORILN
INC155-KYC015-077-117-022130-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0005.120302T2103Z-120302T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
403 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BOONE COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
KENTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
SWITZERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 430 PM EST.
* AT 400 PM EST...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MARKLAND...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE
TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 2 INCH SIZED HAIL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARSAW...
WALTON...
INDEPENDENCE...
IN ADDITION...FLORENCE...QUERCUS GROVE...PATRIOT...STEELE BOTTOM...US
ROUTES 42 AND 127 AT STATE ROUTE 562...BIG BONE...RYLE AND BEAVERLICK
ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 77 IN KENTUCKY...
I-75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 168 AND 178 IN KENTUCKY...
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 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 3899 8449 3886 8446 3885 8446 3881 8444
3879 8461 3881 8462 3879 8465 3875 8501
3876 8503 3875 8505 3884 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 254DEG 48KT 3879 8496
$$
BINAU1 follow-up statement
185
WWUS51 KILN 022114
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
414 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
INC155-KYC015-077-117-022130-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120302T2130Z/
SWITZERLAND IN-KENTON KY-BOONE KY-GALLATIN KY-
414 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN GALLATIN...BOONE...KENTON AND
SWITZERLAND COUNTIES...
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST...
AT 410 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED DEBRIS FALLING FROM THE SKY IN
BOONE COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH...CURRENTLY NEAR WARSAW.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALTON AND INDEPENDENCE.
IN ADDITION...BIG BONE...RYLE...BEAVERLICK...VERONA...RICHWOOD...
BRACHT...BANK LICK AND RICEDALE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 77 IN KENTUCKY...
I-75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 178 IN KENTUCKY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG WINDS OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3888 8490 3899 8449 3881 8444 3881 8445
3879 8461 3881 8462 3879 8465 3877 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 256DEG 49KT 3880 8478
$$
BINAUThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 64 min |
| Mar 2, 10:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 4:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton | 40 min |
| Mar 2, 4:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Campbell, Pendleton | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 5:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 5:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason, Robertson | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Lewis, Mason | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 4:08 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne | 24 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Wayne | 50 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, 3:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fayette, Union, Wayne | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 3:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ripley | 28 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.