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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

February 20, 2014Champaign County, Miami County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Feb 20, 2014, 11:18 PM EST for Champaign County, Miami County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 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: Feb 20, 2014, 11:18 PM EST (04:18 UTC)
Expired: Feb 20, 2014, 11:45 PM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Champaign County, OH, Miami County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 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.

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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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: 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

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The text

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

383 
WFUS51 KILN 210418
TORILN
OHC021-109-210445-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0004.140221T0418Z-140221T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1118 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  NORTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EST.

* AT 1116 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR CHRISTIANSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. PARIS...

IN ADDITION...KISER LAKE STATE PARK...CARYSVILLE...MILLERSTOWN...
ROSEWOOD...WESTVILLE...SPRINGHILLS AND LIPPINCOTT 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.

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 4026 8384 4015 8368 4003 8407 4013 8414
      4019 8404 4018 8403 4020 8402 4027 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 231DEG 41KT 4009 8404

$$

AR

1 follow-up statement

074 
WWUS51 KILN 210422 RRA
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1122 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

OHC021-109-210430-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140221T0445Z/
CHAMPAIGN OH-MIAMI OH-
1122 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MIAMI AND NORTHWESTERN
CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THIS TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING HAS 
BEEN ISSUED DOWNSTREAM FOR NORTHWEST CHAMPAIGN COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM.

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 4026 8384 4015 8368 4003 8407 4013 8414
      4019 8404 4018 8403 4020 8402 4027 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 231DEG 41KT 4010 8402

$$

AR

The 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, 11:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Miami	26 min
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, 11:24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.