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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 23, 2016Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2016, 4:38 PM EDT for Owen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 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: Jun 23, 2016, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Owen County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 23, 4:39 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nne Harmony, KY	TREES DOWN BETWEEN HARMONY AND TERESITA ROADS WEST OF GEORGETOWN ROAD. FROM AERIAL SURVEY BY NWS LOUISVILLE.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 23, 3:01 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

568 
WFUS51 KILN 232038
TORILN
KYC187-232100-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0012.160623T2038Z-160623T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
438 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

* AT 438 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF OWENTON...MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARMONY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...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 3835 8481 3835 8482 3836 8484 3835 8485
      3846 8485 3847 8458 3843 8463 3842 8465
      3837 8471 3835 8474 3834 8479
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 263DEG 22KT 3839 8478 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

FRANKS

2 follow-up statements

575 
WWUS51 KILN 232047
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
447 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

KYC187-232100-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160623T2100Z/
OWEN KY-
447 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY...
    
AT 447 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OWENTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARMONY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3843 8474 3844 8462 3843 8463 3842 8465
      3837 8471 3835 8474 3834 8479 3835 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 274DEG 23KT 3838 8471 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

KURZ

298 
WWUS51 KILN 232054
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
454 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

KYC187-232104-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160623T2100Z/
OWEN KY-
454 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
KENTUCKY.

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 3843 8474 3844 8462 3843 8463 3842 8465
      3837 8471 3835 8474 3834 8479 3835 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 263DEG 22KT 3838 8471 

$$

KURZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 4:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Kenton	42 min
Jun 23, 5:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Boone, Kenton	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Lewis, Mason	47 min
Jun 23, 6:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Bracken, Lewis, Mason, Robertson	115 min
Jun 23, 3:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll, Owen	27 min
Jun 23, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Owen	51 min
Jun 23, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Lewis	13 min
Jun 23, 4:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Carroll, Grant, Owen	3 hr
Jun 23, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken	27 min
Jun 23, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Lewis	35 min
Jun 23, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen	15 min
Jun 23, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen	3 hr
Jun 23, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	25 min
Jun 23, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mason, Robertson	31 min
Jun 23, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone	35 min
Jun 23, 6:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Boone	3 hr
Jun 23, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone	29 min
Jun 23, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Kenton	14 min
Jun 23, 7:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Boone	2 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.