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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 13, 2015Bracken County, Pendleton County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2015, 2:09 PM EDT for Bracken County, Pendleton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 9 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: Jul 13, 2015, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 2:18 PM EDT
In force: 9 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated

Counties Bracken County, KY, Pendleton County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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
Jul 13, 12:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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: 765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 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.

316 
WFUS51 KILN 131809
TORILN
KYC023-191-131830-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0008.150713T1809Z-150713T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
209 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PENDLETON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
  WESTERN BRACKEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT.

* AT 209 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES EAST OF BUTLER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEVILLE AND FOSTER. 

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 3858 8412 3879 8427 3882 8423 3880 8420
      3880 8418 3862 8407 3860 8409
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 320DEG 37KT 3879 8423 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED

$$

BINAU

2 follow-up statements

157 
WWUS51 KILN 131813
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
213 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

KYC023-191-131830-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150713T1830Z/
PENDLETON KY-BRACKEN KY-
213 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL PENDLETON AND
NORTHWESTERN BRACKEN COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...

AT 213 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FELICITY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEVILLE AND FOSTER. 

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 3868 8419 3879 8427 3882 8423 3880 8420
      3880 8418 3867 8410
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 320DEG 37KT 3875 8419 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED

$$

BINAU

000 
WWUS51 KILN 131818
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
218 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

KYC023-191-131827-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150713T1830Z/
PENDLETON KY-BRACKEN KY-
218 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PENDLETON AND NORTHWESTERN
BRACKEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
AREA.

PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN
AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

LAT...LON 3868 8419 3879 8427 3882 8423 3880 8420
      3880 8418 3867 8410

$$

BINAU

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 4:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILN	Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 6 more	39 hr
Jul 13, 12:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone	48 min
Jul 13, 1:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Kenton	56 min
Jul 13, 1:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Campbell	12 min
Jul 13, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Grant, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and 1 more	47 min
Jul 13, 2:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Campbell, Kenton	3 hr
Jul 13, 2:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	114 min
Jul 13, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	44 min
Jul 13, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson	33 min
Jul 13, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen	20 min
Jul 13, 2:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Lewis, Mason	3 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.