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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 20, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 8 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
- Aug 20, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2016, 6:23 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Shelby County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
617
WFUS51 KILN 202215
TORILN
OHC011-037-107-149-202245-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0016.160820T2215Z-160820T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
615 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
NORTHERN DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
WEST CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHWESTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 615 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ANSONIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
VERSAILLES...NEWPORT...FORT LORAMIE...ANSONIA...OSGOOD...
CHICKASAW...NORTH STAR...ROSSBURG...YORKSHIRE...ELDORA SPEEDWAY...
STATE ROUTE 47 AT US ROUTE 127...MARIA STEIN...EGYPT...
WILLOWDELL AND BROCK.
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 4046 8447 4029 8433 4015 8470 4023 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 234DEG 32KT 4023 8467
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
AR1 follow-up statement
861
WWUS51 KILN 202223
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
623 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
OHC011-037-107-149-202232-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160820T2245Z/
MERCER OH-DARKE OH-SHELBY OH-AUGLAIZE OH-
623 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MERCER...NORTHERN DARKE...
WEST CENTRAL SHELBY AND SOUTHWESTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN
AND SUBMITTING YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
LAT...LON 4046 8447 4029 8433 4015 8470 4023 8477
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 234DEG 32KT 4027 8460
$$
ARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 119 min |
| Aug 20, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 32 min |
| Aug 20, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Shelby | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby | 26 min |
| Aug 20, 6:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami | 19 min |
| Aug 20, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Shelby | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 7:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 23 min |
| Aug 20, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Darke, Miami, Shelby | 23 min |
| Aug 20, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 7:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby | 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.