Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2016, 1:38 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 37 min. 7 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
- Mar 14, 2016, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
Counties Darke County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 1:39 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 4 Se Eaton, OH | AN EF1 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED NEAR WHEATVILLE...SOUTHEAST OF EATON...IN PREBLE COUNTY OHIO. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A BARN ALONG STATE ROUTE 122...WITH ANOTHER BARN COMPLETELY DESTROYED SOUTH OF HALDERMAN ROAD. |
| Mar 14, 2:18 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 10 Wnw Vandalia, OH | ATC PERSONNEL IDENTIFIED FUNNEL CLOUD APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES WNW OF DAY INTERNATION AIRPORT |
| Mar 14, 2:19 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 W Phillipsburg, OH | AN EF1 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED NEAR PHILLIPSBURG IN MONTGOMERY AND MIAMI COUNTIES IN OHIO. SEVERAL PROPERTIES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED ON ARLINGTON ROAD AND BALTIMORE PHILLIPSBURG PIKE. TREE DAMAGE EXTENDED NORTH OF THE MIAMI COUNTY LINE. |
| Mar 14, 2:19 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Phillipsburg, OH | LIKELY TORNADO PER RADAR DEBRIS SIGNATURE AND PICTURES FROM MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED |
| Mar 14, 2:20 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 W Phillipsburg, OH | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOME. LIKELY TORNADO PER RADAR DEBRIS SIGNATURE AND SPOTTER PHOTOS. |
| Mar 14, 2:20 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Phillipsburg, OH | BARN DESTROYED. LIKELY TORNADO VIA RADAR DEBRIS SIGNATURE AND SPOTTER PHOTOS. |
| Mar 14, 2:20 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Wsw Phillipsburg, OH | ONE BARN DESTROYED. ONE BARN WITH ROOF OFF. ONE MISSING SIDING. LIKELY TORNADO VIA RADAR DEBRIS SIGNATURE AND SPOTTER PHOTOS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
360 WFUS51 KILN 141738 TORILN OHC037-109-113-135-141815- /O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0001.160314T1738Z-160314T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 138 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... EASTERN PREBLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 215 PM EDT. * AT 138 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEST ALEXANDRIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TROTWOOD...ENGLEWOOD...EATON...WEST MILTON...ARCANUM...LEWISBURG...WEST ALEXANDRIA...GRATIS...CLAYTON...UNION...BROOKVILLE...PHILLIPSBURG... VERONA...PITSBURG...POTSDAM...GORDON...ITHACA...GARLAND...OKLAHOMA AND PYRMONT. THIS INCLUDES I-70 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 26. 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 3963 8455 3968 8468 4003 8453 3993 8425 TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 203DEG 23KT 3971 8458 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED $$ AR
2 follow-up statements
828 WWUS51 KILN 141758 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 158 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 OHC037-109-141808- /O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160314T1815Z/ MIAMI OH-DARKE OH- 158 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3965 8453 3970 8467 3988 8459 3981 8438 $$ OHC113-135-141815- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160314T1815Z/ MONTGOMERY OH-PREBLE OH- 158 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN PREBLE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT... AT 158 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED OVER WEST ALEXANDRIA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EATON...LEWISBURG...WEST ALEXANDRIA...GRATIS...BROOKVILLE...PYRMONT AND WHEATVILLE. THIS INCLUDES I-70 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 18. 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 3965 8453 3970 8467 3988 8459 3981 8438 TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 199DEG 11KT 3974 8457 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED $$ AR
608
WWUS51 KILN 141807
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
207 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
OHC113-135-141817-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160314T1815Z/
MONTGOMERY OH-PREBLE OH-
207 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN
PREBLE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN
AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
LAT...LON 3965 8453 3970 8467 3988 8459 3981 8438
$$
ARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:49 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Fayette, Greene and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown | 29 min |
| Mar 14, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 29 min |
| Mar 14, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 62 min |
| Mar 14, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Mar 14, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke | 32 min |
| Mar 14, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Madison | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 3:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Shelby | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Madison | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pickaway | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Champaign | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin | 41 min |
| Mar 14, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pickaway | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 31 min |
| Mar 14, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 37 min |
| Mar 14, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 36 min |
| Mar 14, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.