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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

August 17, 2016Adams County, Brown County, Highland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 2016, 11:16 AM EDT for Adams County, Brown County, Highland County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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: Aug 17, 2016, 11:16 AM EDT (15:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 17, 2016, 11:45 AM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Highland County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:16 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
Aug 17, 11:16 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sardinia, OH	FIVE BUILDINGS WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Aug 17, 11:16 AM EDT	TORNADO 0	Sardinia, OH	ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 75 MPH. MINOR STRUCTURAL AND TREE DAMAGE.PATH LENGTH OF 1 MILE AND WIDTH OF 100 YARDS.

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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 46 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: 138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

924 
WFUS51 KILN 171516
TORILN
OHC001-015-071-171545-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0013.160817T1516Z-160817T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1116 AM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...
  EAST CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.

* AT 1116 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SARDINIA...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...
  SARDINIA...EMERALD...MOWRYSTOWN AND FINCASTLE. 

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 3898 8386 3903 8386 3909 8364 3899 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 256DEG 20KT 3901 8382 

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

$$

BINAU

2 follow-up statements

285 
WWUS51 KILN 171532
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1132 AM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

OHC001-015-071-171545-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160817T1545Z/
ADAMS OH-BROWN OH-HIGHLAND OH-
1132 AM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN ADAMS...NORTHEASTERN BROWN AND SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLAND
COUNTIES...
    
AT 1131 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED ON THE BROWN AND HIGHLAND COUNTY LIEN EAST
OF SARDINIA...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
EMERALD...MOWRYSTOWN AND FINCASTLE. 

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 3899 8374 3903 8376 3909 8364 3899 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1531Z 256DEG 20KT 3903 8372 

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

$$

BINAU

671 
WWUS51 KILN 171544
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1144 AM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

OHC001-015-071-171554-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160817T1545Z/
ADAMS OH-BROWN OH-HIGHLAND OH-
1144 AM EDT WED AUG 17 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ADAMS...NORTHEASTERN BROWN
AND SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 AM EDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN 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 SUBMITTING YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

LAT...LON 3899 8374 3903 8376 3909 8364 3899 8362
TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 256DEG 20KT 3903 8372 

$$

BINAU

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 17, 8:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hardin, Logan, Union	2 hr
Aug 17, 9:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hamilton	3 hr
Aug 17, 9:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren	3 hr
Aug 17, 9:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	3 hr
Aug 17, 9:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Warren	115 min
Aug 17, 10:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont	119 min
Aug 17, 11:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Highland	3 hr
Aug 17, 11:09 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland	5 hr
Aug 17, 11:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland	36 min
Aug 17, 11:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland	30 min
Aug 17, 11:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Highland	4 hr
Aug 17, 11:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton	92 min
Aug 17, 12:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland, Pike	42 min
Aug 17, 12:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	35 min
Aug 17, 12:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	37 min
Aug 17, 12:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike	50 min
Aug 17, 12:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Pike	2 hr
Aug 17, 12:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	37 min
Aug 17, 12:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	2 hr
Aug 17, 12:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	31 min
Aug 17, 1:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	55 min
Aug 17, 1:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont	116 min
Aug 17, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	31 min
Aug 17, 1:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	34 min
Aug 17, 2:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Pike	96 min
Aug 17, 3:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Scioto	117 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.