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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2014, 4:55 PM EDT for Clark County, Ohio. It was in force for 20 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
- May 21, 2014, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
County Clark County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 5:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Springfield, OH | ROOF DAMAGE AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT NEAR KENTON RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. TIME IS ESTIMATED. |
| May 21, 5:14 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Springfield, OH | ROOF DAMAGE AND WINDS BLOWN OUT NEAR KENTON RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. TIME IS ESTIMATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 21, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
568 WFUS51 KILN 212055 TORILN OHC023-212115- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0019.140521T2055Z-140521T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 455 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 515 PM EDT. * AT 454 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR NEW MOOREFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A STRONGLY ROTATING...LOWERING WALL CLOUD. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY...INCLUDING NEW MOOREFIELD...BUCK CREEK STATE PARK AND HARMONY. 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4001 8363 3986 8371 3999 8384 4002 8381 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 301DEG 13KT 3999 8377 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED $$ SNYDER
2 follow-up statements
125 WWUS51 KILN 212107 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 507 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014 OHC023-212115- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140521T2115Z/ CLARK OH- 507 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY... AT 504 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR BUCK CREEK STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY... INCLUDING HARMONY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3999 8365 3986 8371 3996 8381 4001 8376 TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 322DEG 15KT 3996 8373 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED $$ SNYDER
534 WWUS51 KILN 212115 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 515 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014 OHC023-212124- /O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140521T2115Z/ CLARK OH- 515 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM EDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT. PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMITTING YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. LAT...LON 3999 8365 3986 8371 3996 8381 4001 8376 TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 322DEG 15KT 3994 8371 $$ SNYDER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 21, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 330 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014 .SYNOPSIS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AHEAD OF A SOUTHWARD ADVANCING COLD FRONT WHICH WILL CROSS THE OHIO RIVER TOWARD SUNRISE. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BRING FAIR WEATHER TO OUR AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... SPLIT FLOW MID/UPR LEVEL FLOW PATTERN WITH CLOSED LOW OVER THE SW U.S. AND RIDGE FROM THE GULF STATES INTO THE LOWER MS VLY. BAND OF W-NWRLY MID LEVEL FLOW AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THIS MID LEVEL RIDGE ACRS THE GREAT LAKES OHIO VALLEY. FLOW TO BECOME MORE NWRLY OVERNIGHT WITH SFC FRONT DROPPING SE THRU OHIO VALLEY LATE TONIGHT. MAIN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR IN WARM SECTOR ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK PERTURBATION EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW MOVG THRU INDIANA. EXPECT AIRMASS TO CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE WITH SFC TD/S IN THE MID/UPR 60S AND TEMPS AROUND 80...SUPPORTING MODERATE INSTBY WITH MLCAPE OF 1500-2500 J/KG. BEST INSTBY TO OCCR OVER SW. BULK SHEAR AROUND 30-35 KTS WILL HELP ORGANIZE STORMS. EXPECT INITIAL GENESIS REGION OVER NRN INDIANA INTO WEST CENTRAL OHIO WITH STORMS DROPPING SE THRU ILNS FA DURG AFTN/EVE HOURS. LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER MAIN TIMING INDICATED FROM CONVECTIVE ENABLING MODELS WILL BE THRU 9 PM. ILN/S 17Z SOUNDING SHOWS DECAPE VALUE AROUND 1000 J/KG IN RESPONSE TO MID LEVEL DRY AIR. THEREFORE DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE A THREAT INTO EARLY EVENING. GIVEN WBZ HEIGHT AND INSTBY...LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. A BRIEF TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT EARLY WITH SUPERCELLS BEFORE STORMS EVOLVE INTO A LINE. HAVE BUMPED POPS UP TO CATEGORICAL INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH THESE POPS FROM NW TO SE OVERNIGHT. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILER IN FROM THE NW LATE TONIGHT WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 50S NW TO THE LOWER/MID 60S SE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... SPLIT FLOW MID/UPR LEVEL FLOW PATTERN WITH CLOSED LOW OVER THE SW U.S. AND RIDGE OVER THE GULF STATES. BAND OF W-NWRLY MID LEVEL FLOW TO BECOME MORE NWRLY. FRONT NEAR OHIO RIVER EARLY ON THURSDAY WILL SLIP SOUTH OF THE REGION. MOST OF THE CWA WILL BE RAIN FREE BY DAYBREAK...WILL ONLY KEEP SLIGHT CHC OF PRECIP VERY EARLY THURSDAY. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND FAIR WEATHER. EXPECT THURSDAYS HIGHS TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 70S NW TO NEAR 80 SE. SFC HIGH HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD SOUTHEAST BECOMING CENTERED OVER THE REGION BY THE END OF THE WEEK. SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTHWESTERLY THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. THURSDAY NIGHTS LOWS TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S NW TO THE LOWER 50S SE. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TRAVELING ON A NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW SHOULD KEEP DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THOUGH MAJOR WEATHER MAKING SYSTEMS AND LARGE SCALE FORCING WILL BE ABSENT...A MORE UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL EMERGE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WHEN MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING OVER AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES MAY BE ENHANCED ON WEDNESDAY DUE TO INCREASED INSTABILITY UNDER AN UPPER TROUGH. TEMPERATURE REGIME WILL FEATURE A WARMING TREND. HIGHS WILL START OUT IN THE MID 70S SATURDAY AS THE HIGH MOVES IN...BEFORE RISING WELL INTO THE 80S BY TUESDAY UNDER WARM ADVECTION IN THE RETURN FLOW BEHIND THE HIGH CENTER. && .AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE NORTHERN TAF SITES IN AN AXIS OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. ONCE THIS CONVECTION GETS GOING...IT SHOULD DEVELOP INTO A BROKEN LINEAR STRUCTURE AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE TAF SITES AS IT FEEDS ON A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF CONTAINING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WITH BRIEF MVFR TO IFR VISIBILITIES. ONLY GENERIC MVFR CONDITIONS WITH THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE TAFS ATTM...ALLOWING SHORT TERM RADAR TRENDS DICTATE THE POTENTIAL FOR DETAILS AND AMENDMENTS. FOR TONIGHT...MAIN CONVECTION SHOULD BE PUSHING SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. IT APPEARS THAT THE FORCING WITH THE FRONT ITSELF WILL BE WEAK AT BEST AND MOST CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO WANE ACRS THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH DECREASING INSTABILITY. SKIES WILL LIKELY GO PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT AND WITH RECENT RAINFALL...SOME MVFR TO LOCALLY IFR MIST MAY DEVELOP. THE FOG POTENTIAL WILL BE PARTICULARLY HIGHER ACRS THE SRN TAF SITES WHERE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL NEAR OR AFTER SUNRISE. ON THURSDAY...FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF THE REGION. CAA BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH 850 MB MOISTURE WILL EVENTUALLY ALLOW A BROKEN CUMULUS DECK TO DEVELOP. OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...AR NEAR TERM...AR SHORT TERM...AR LONG TERM...CONIGLIO AVIATION...HICKMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 3:23 AM EDT, 13 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 323 AM EDT WED MAY 21 2014 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-220730- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE- SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON- FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY- FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN- HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 323 AM EDT WED MAY 21 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 4:12 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
412 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014
OHZ042-043-212045-
DARKE OH-SHELBY OH-
412 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY AND
NORTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 405 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
YORKSHIRE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PENNY SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN DARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES...INCLUDING
RUSSIA...FORT LORAMIE...NEWPORT...HOUSTON...HARDIN...NEWBERN AND
LOCKINGTON.
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. WATER WILL
POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 4034 8422 4020 8424 4020 8442 4022 8458
4035 8456Local storm report, May 21, 4:20 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
420 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM HAIL 3 WNW URBANA 40.13N 83.80W
05/21/2014 E0.75 INCH CHAMPAIGN OH TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BINAULocal storm report, May 21, 4:26 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
426 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 PM HAIL WESTVILLE 40.11N 83.84W
05/21/2014 E1.75 INCH CHAMPAIGN OH TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
HUGHESLocal storm report, May 21, 4:30 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
430 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0429 PM HAIL 3 S URBANA 40.07N 83.75W
05/21/2014 E1.25 INCH CHAMPAIGN OH TRAINED SPOTTER
SOME STONES LARGER BUT WILL PHONE BACK WHEN MEASUREMENT
CAN BE TAKEN
&&
BINAUSpecial weather statement, May 21, 4:33 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
433 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014
OHZ026-045-212100-
HARDIN OH-UNION OH-
433 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014
...A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN UNION AND
SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 431 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MOUNT
VICTORY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PENNY SIZE HAIL...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...RICHWOOD.
ALSO...SOMERSVILLE...ESSEX AND MAGNETIC SPRINGS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF
THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 4051 8341 4051 8339 4051 8325 4035 8324
4035 8325 4043 8353 4055 8352 4056 8341
SNYDERSpecial weather statement, May 21, 4:35 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
435 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014
OHZ042-043-051-212100-
DARKE OH-MIAMI OH-SHELBY OH-
435 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SHELBY...NORTHERN MIAMI
AND EASTERN DARKE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 434 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLOOMER...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PENNY SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...COVINGTON AND PIQUA.
ALSO...POLO...LOCKINGTON...PLATTSVILLE...BALLOU AND FLETCHER ARE NEAR
THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.
DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING
THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. WATER WILL
POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 4028 8401 4011 8403 4012 8449 4020 8446
4020 8424 4028 8423The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin | 30 min |
| May 21, 2:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin, Logan | 29 min |
| May 21, 3:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware, Union | 30 min |
| May 21, 3:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 32 min |
| May 21, 3:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 32 min |
| May 21, 9:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 27 min |
| May 21, 11:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan, Union | 28 min |
| May 21, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 29 min |
| May 21, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Shelby | 43 min |
| May 21, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 28 min |
| May 21, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 51 min |
| May 21, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 45 min |
| May 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan, Union | 40 min |
| May 21, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Shelby | 33 min |
| May 21, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 47 min |
| May 21, 4:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 21, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 27 min |
| May 21, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 25 min |
| May 21, 4:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby | 3 hr |
| May 21, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami | 40 min |
| May 21, 4:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 3 hr |
| May 21, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark | 46 min |
| May 21, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery | 43 min |
| May 21, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery | 52 min |
| May 21, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 32 min |
| May 21, 5:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Fayette, Madison | 43 min |
| May 21, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 25 min |
| May 21, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 32 min |
| May 21, 5:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Darke | 3 hr |
| May 21, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene | 37 min |
| May 21, 6:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Pickaway, Ross | 3 hr |
| May 21, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke, Miami | 31 min |
| May 21, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery | 41 min |
| May 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Miami, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| May 21, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ross | 28 min |
| May 21, 6:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 6 hr |
| May 21, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 33 min |
| May 21, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene | 35 min |
| May 21, 6:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Ross | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 43 min |
| May 21, 7:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Greene and 9 more | 5 hr |
| May 21, 7:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 26 min |
| May 21, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Greene | 37 min |
| May 21, 7:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Highland, Pike, Scioto | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 32 min |
| May 21, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene | 30 min |
| May 21, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Highland, Pike | 33 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.