Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 11:04 PM EST for Miami County, Ohio. It was in force for 26 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 11:04 PM EST (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 11:30 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Miami County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 11:09 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nne Tipp City, OH | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE |
| Feb 20, 11:10 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 55 | Tipp City, OH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 9:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1388 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 487 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 629 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
017
WFUS51 KILN 210404
TORILN
OHC109-210430-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0003.140221T0404Z-140221T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1104 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EST.
* AT 1102 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR TIPP CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIPP CITY...
TROY...
IN ADDITION...GRAYSON...CASSTOWN AND HAVEN VIEW ARE NEAR THE PATH OF
THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 76...
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 4007 8403 3999 8404 3992 8424 4001 8432
4019 8404 4018 8403
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 235DEG 43KT 3998 8424
$$
AR2 follow-up statements
836
WWUS51 KILN 210411
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1111 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
OHC109-210430-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0430Z/
MIAMI OH-
1111 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EST FOR EASTERN
MIAMI COUNTY...
AT 1110 PM EST...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR CASSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH. THIS STORM PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED A TORNADO AND MAY GENERATE
ANOTHER TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MIAMI COUNTY...
INCLUDING HAVEN VIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW.
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO
THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND
SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4018 8403 4007 8403 3999 8404 3996 8415
4007 8423 4019 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 233DEG 47KT 4005 8413
$$
AR370
WWUS51 KILN 210423
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1123 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
OHC109-210433-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140221T0430Z/
MIAMI OH-
1123 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MIAMI COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1130
PM EST...
THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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 4018 8403 4007 8403 3999 8404 3996 8415
4007 8423 4019 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 233DEG 47KT 4014 8398
$$
ARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 7:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 8:02 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Darke, Preble | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Darke, Miami, Preble, Shelby | 92 min |
| Feb 20, 9:24 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:28 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby | 48 min |
| Feb 20, 9:51 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby | 7 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 47 min |
| Feb 20, 10:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Shelby | 42 min |
| Feb 20, 10:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 35 min |
| Feb 20, 10:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 29 min |
| Feb 20, 10:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby | 41 min |
| Feb 20, 10:50 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Darke, Preble | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 11:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Greene, Logan | 61 min |
| Feb 20, 11:17 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hardin and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Miami | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 11:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Greene, Warren | 51 min |
| Feb 20, 11:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Pike, Ross, Scioto | 7 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:33 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 8 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 51 min |
| Feb 20, 11:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Union | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 11:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 12:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Ross | 58 min |
| Feb 21, 12:19 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Union | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 12:22 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 49 min |
| Feb 21, 12:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown | 39 min |
| Feb 21, 12:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pike, Ross | 65 min |
| Feb 21, 12:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware | 33 min |
| Feb 21, 1:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway | 53 min |
| Feb 21, 1:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 64 min |
| Feb 21, 2:00 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Shelby | 23 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:00 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 51 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 60 hr |
| Feb 21, 5:24 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Licking | 9 hr |
| Feb 21, 6:56 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Greene, Warren | 33 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:14 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 70 hr |
| Feb 21, 8:20 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Hocking | 18 hr |
| Feb 21, 9:24 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 10 hr |
| Feb 21, 9:29 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 3 days |
| Feb 21, 12:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Delaware | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:55 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILN | Shelby | 16 hr |
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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.