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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

February 21, 2014Delaware County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Feb 21, 2014, 12:57 AM EST for Delaware County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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 21, 2014, 12:57 AM EST (05:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2014, 1:30 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Delaware County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Feb 21, 12:57 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG5 E Delaware, OHTREE DEBRIS FELL ON A VEHICLE AND TRAPPED A WOMAN INSIDE. A LARGE SHED WAS PUSHED AGAINST A BUILDING...A TREE WAS UPROOTED...AND BRANCHES WERE DOWNED ONTO HOMES.

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
Feb 21, 12:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 00:00Z on 2014-02-21Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2014-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 487 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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.

132 
WFUS51 KILN 210557
TORILN
OHC041-210630-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0005.140221T0557Z-140221T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1257 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 130 AM EST.

* AT 1252 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR KILBOURNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUNBURY...
  ASHLEY...

IN ADDITION...LEONARDSBURG...KILBOURNE AND OLIVE GREEN ARE NEAR THE
PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATE...
I-71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 139...

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 4042 8301 4042 8293 4041 8292 4036 8292
      4036 8280 4035 8274 4030 8274 4024 8276
      4022 8291 4027 8310 4044 8305 4044 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 244DEG 24KT 4031 8297

$$

HATZOS
1 follow-up statement
170 
WWUS51 KILN 210606
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
106 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

OHC041-210615-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140221T0630Z/
DELAWARE OH-
106 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF DELAWARE COUNTY...AND NO LONGER APPEAR 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER.

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 4042 8301 4042 8293 4041 8292 4036 8292
      4036 8280 4035 8274 4030 8274 4024 8276
      4022 8291 4027 8310 4044 8305 4044 8302
TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 244DEG 24KT 4033 8291

$$

HATZOS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 7:41 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClermont, Hamilton6 hr
Feb 20, 8:02 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDarke, Preble3 hr
Feb 20, 9:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Darke, Miami, Preble, Shelby92 min
Feb 20, 9:24 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Hamilton, Warren3 hr
Feb 20, 9:28 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland and 3 more3 hr
Feb 20, 9:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Mercer, Shelby48 min
Feb 20, 9:51 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby7 hr
Feb 20, 10:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Preble47 min
Feb 20, 10:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Shelby42 min
Feb 20, 10:40 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Hamilton35 min
Feb 20, 10:46 PM ESTTornado WarningILNMiami, Montgomery, Preble29 min
Feb 20, 10:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Shelby41 min
Feb 20, 10:50 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Darke, Preble3 hr
Feb 20, 11:04 PM ESTTornado WarningILNMiami26 min
Feb 20, 11:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton49 min
Feb 20, 11:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Greene, Logan61 min
Feb 20, 11:17 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Clark, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hardin and 6 more8 hr
Feb 20, 11:18 PM ESTTornado WarningILNChampaign, Miami27 min
Feb 20, 11:24 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreene, Warren51 min
Feb 20, 11:30 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAdams, Pike, Ross, Scioto7 hr
Feb 20, 11:33 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Clermont8 hr
Feb 20, 11:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont, Hamilton51 min
Feb 20, 11:53 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Union37 min
Feb 20, 11:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Scioto47 min
Feb 21, 12:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Ross58 min
Feb 21, 12:19 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Union56 min
Feb 21, 12:22 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland and 3 more5 hr
Feb 21, 12:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Scioto49 min
Feb 21, 12:36 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNBrown39 min
Feb 21, 12:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike, Ross65 min
Feb 21, 1:07 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway53 min
Feb 21, 1:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams, Scioto64 min
Feb 21, 2:00 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNShelby23 hr
Feb 21, 2:00 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNHamilton51 hr
Feb 21, 2:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNFranklin, Madison, Pickaway60 hr
Feb 21, 5:24 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNLicking9 hr
Feb 21, 6:56 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningILNGreene, Warren33 hr
Feb 21, 8:14 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNPickaway70 hr
Feb 21, 8:20 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNHocking18 hr
Feb 21, 9:24 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNAdams10 hr
Feb 21, 9:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNPike, Scioto3 days
Feb 21, 12:11 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDelaware4 hr
Feb 21, 4:55 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNShelby16 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.