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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 26, 20154 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2015, 3:55 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 35 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: Jun 26, 2015, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2015, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated

Counties Adams County, OH, Highland County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 26, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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: 295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

213 
WFUS51 KILN 261955
TORILN
OHC001-071-131-145-262030-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0003.150626T1955Z-150626T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
355 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  EASTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  WESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...
  NORTHWESTERN SCIOTO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.

* AT 352 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR CYNTHIANA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAVERLY...

IN ADDITION...SINKING SPRING...PIKE LAKE...KINCAID SPRINGS...POPLAR
GROVE...BUCHANAN...IDAHO...ELM GROVE AND LADD 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 3916 8350 3922 8342 3921 8335 3919 8334
      3920 8330 3914 8295 3893 8324
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 308DEG 31KT 3916 8336

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED

$$

1 follow-up statement

480 
WWUS51 KILN 262010
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
410 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

OHC071-262018-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150626T2030Z/
HIGHLAND OH-
410 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

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 3893 8324 3906 8339 3918 8336 3920 8331
      3920 8328 3914 8295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 308DEG 31KT 3914 8327

$$

OHC001-131-145-262030-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150626T2030Z/
ADAMS OH-PIKE OH-SCIOTO OH-
410 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SCIOTO...WESTERN PIKE AND NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

AT 407 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR PIKE LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZED HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND VERY HEAVY 
RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAVERLY.

IN ADDITION...PIKE LAKE...KINCAID SPRINGS...POPLAR GROVE...
BUCHANAN...IDAHO...ELM GROVE...LADD AND LAKE WHITE ARE NEAR THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.

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 3893 8324 3906 8339 3918 8336 3920 8331
      3920 8328 3914 8295
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 308DEG 31KT 3914 8327

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize	48 min
Jun 25, 9:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize, Shelby	47 min
Jun 25, 10:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	24 min
Jun 25, 10:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	32 min
Jun 26, 3:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILN	Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more	25 hr
Jun 26, 12:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Montgomery, Preble	3 hr
Jun 26, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Warren	24 min
Jun 26, 2:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Preble, Warren	3 hr
Jun 26, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	36 min
Jun 26, 2:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Butler, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Montgomery, Preble and 1 more	5 hr
Jun 26, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland	43 min
Jun 26, 3:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 26, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Highland	31 min
Jun 26, 3:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Ross	3 hr
Jun 26, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland, Pike, Ross	37 min
Jun 26, 3:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 26, 4:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Logan and 4 more	3 hr
Jun 26, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Ross, Scioto	45 min
Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	46 min
Jun 26, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Madison, Pickaway, Pike and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 26, 4:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking	3 hr
Jun 26, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	28 min
Jun 26, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	34 min
Jun 26, 7:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Ross	3 hr
Jun 26, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	46 min
Jun 26, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown	45 min
Jun 26, 7:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Brown	34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.