Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2014

Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 14, 2014Adams County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2014, 4:20 PM EDT for Adams County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 min. 11 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 14, 2014, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated

County Adams County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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
May 14, 4:21 PM EDTHAIL 22 Ene West Union, OHHAIL ESTIMATED TO BE GREATER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE. SIDING WAS DAMAGED AND WINDOWS WERE BROKEN ON VAUGHN RIDGE ROAD.
May 14, 4:22 PM EDTHAIL 22 E West Union, OHGOLF BALL TO 2 INCH SIZE HAIL CAUSED LOTS OF DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND VEHICLES.
May 14, 4:24 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 E West Union, OHSEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR SR 125 AND RALSTON RD. ALSO EXTENSIVE HAIL DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND VEHICLES BETWEEN WEST UNION AND PEEBLES.
May 14, 4:24 PM EDTHAIL 2.54 E West Union, OH
May 14, 4:25 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 E West Union, OHNUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN BETWEEN WEST UNION AND BLUE CREEK
May 14, 4:27 PM EDTHAIL 1.755 E West Union, OH
May 14, 4:32 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nw Blue Creek, OHWINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF A HOUSE
May 14, 4:32 PM EDTHAIL 2.55 Nw Blue Creek, OH
May 14, 4:37 PM EDTHAIL 1.755 S Peebles, OHHOMES ON CEDAR MILLS ROAD HAD SIDING DAMAGE DUE TO THE HAIL.
May 14, 4:40 PM EDTHAIL 27 Se Peebles, OHAVERAGED 1 INCH WITH NUMEROUS 1.5 TO 2 INCH STONES
May 14, 4:51 PM EDTHAIL 1.54 Nw Rarden, OHHAIL CAUSED DENTS IN CARS AND DAMAGE TO SIDING.

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
May 14, 1:23 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2014-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

035 
WFUS51 KILN 142020
TORILN
OHC001-142045-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0007.140514T2020Z-140514T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
420 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.

* AT 419 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR STATE ROUTE 348 AT STATE ROUTE
  125...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
  STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND
  DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PEEBLES...

IN ADDITION...DUNKINSVILLE...CEDAR MILLS...SERPENT MOUND...SMOKY
CORNERS AND LOCUST GROVE 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 3875 8359 3883 8363 3905 8345 3905 8341
      3905 8331 3901 8327 3886 8327 3875 8336
      3869 8349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 208DEG 29KT 3880 8349

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED

$$

HATZOS
1 follow-up statement
417 
WWUS51 KILN 142028
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
428 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

OHC001-142045-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140514T2045Z/
ADAMS OH-
428 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR ADAMS
COUNTY...

AT 426 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF WEST UNION. IN ADDITION 
TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING 
BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEEBLES...EDAR MILLS...SERPENT MOUND...
SMOKY CORNERS AND LOCUST GROVE.

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 3877 8355 3887 8359 3905 8345 3905 8331
      3901 8327 3886 8327 3875 8336 3872 8346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 224DEG 27KT 3882 8343

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED

$$

HATZOS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPreble46 min
May 13, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPreble31 min
May 13, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami, Montgomery28 min
May 13, 10:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMiami36 min
May 13, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Miami23 min
May 13, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNChampaign31 min
May 13, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion33 min
May 13, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware33 min
May 14, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware45 min
May 14, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFranklin29 min
May 14, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware, Franklin, Licking61 min
May 14, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont24 min
May 14, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont23 min
May 14, 10:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton36 min
May 14, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPickaway31 min
May 14, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway, Ross32 min
May 14, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking30 min
May 14, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Pickaway46 min
May 14, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Licking41 min
May 14, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss32 min
May 14, 2:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchILNAdams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more13 hr
May 14, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking54 min
May 14, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway, Ross52 min
May 14, 2:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield, Franklin, Pickaway, Ross3 hr
May 14, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Pickaway49 min
May 14, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking32 min
May 14, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield24 min
May 14, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss34 min
May 14, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams28 min
May 14, 4:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAdams, Brown3 hr
May 14, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown39 min
May 14, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams32 min
May 14, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss30 min
May 14, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown, Highland51 min
May 14, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAdams, Pike, Scioto33 min
May 14, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Ross43 min
May 14, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWarren25 min
May 14, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Greene, Montgomery, Warren45 min
May 14, 5:23 PM EDTTornado WarningILNPike, Ross22 min
May 14, 5:23 PM EDTTornado WarningILNGreene, Warren22 min
May 14, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking, Pickaway, Ross46 min
May 14, 5:47 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClark, Greene, Madison28 min
May 14, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningILNPickaway, Ross23 min
May 14, 5:58 PM EDTTornado WarningILNHocking, Pike, Ross32 min
May 14, 6:09 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedILNClark36 min
May 14, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Pickaway30 min
May 14, 6:26 PM EDTTornado WarningILNHocking34 min
May 14, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Madison31 min
May 14, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield49 min
May 14, 6:49 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMadison, Union26 min
May 14, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking43 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 2014Every tornado warning in 2014Tornadoes in 2014

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.