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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 2, 2012Boone County, Gallatin County, Kenton County, Kentucky; Switzerland County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 4:05 PM ESTHAIL 2.75Warsaw, KYTIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Mar 2, 4:36 PM ESTTORNADO2 Ene Fiskburg, KYMANY 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 1:02 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

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

$$


BINAU
1 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

$$


BINAU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 9:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNBoone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton64 min
Mar 2, 10:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNBoone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant34 min
Mar 2, 3:22 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyILNCarroll, Gallatin38 min
Mar 2, 3:50 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyILNBoone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen40 min
Mar 2, 4:18 PM ESTTornado WarningILNBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton27 min
Mar 2, 4:30 PM ESTTornado WarningILNBracken, Grant, Owen, Pendleton45 min
Mar 2, 4:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton40 min
Mar 2, 4:44 PM ESTTornado WarningILNBracken, Campbell, Pendleton46 min
Mar 2, 5:08 PM ESTTornado WarningILNBracken, Mason37 min
Mar 2, 5:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Mason, Pendleton, Robertson34 min
Mar 2, 5:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLewis, Mason37 min
Mar 2, 5:40 PM ESTTornado WarningILNLewis, Mason, Robertson35 min
Mar 2, 5:45 PM ESTTornado WarningILNLewis, Mason45 min
Mar 2, 4:08 AM ESTWind AdvisoryILNFayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne24 hr
Mar 2, 10:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNWayne50 min
Mar 2, 11:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNDearborn, Ohio, Switzerland34 min
Mar 2, 3:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNFayette, Wayne45 min
Mar 2, 3:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Wayne40 min
Mar 2, 3:39 PM ESTTornado WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne36 min
Mar 2, 3:47 PM ESTTornado WarningILNRipley28 min
Mar 2, 4:09 PM ESTTornado WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne21 min
Mar 2, 4:11 PM ESTTornado WarningILNDearborn, Franklin, Ripley20 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.