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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2016, 2:16 PM EDT for Darke County, Miami County, Montgomery County, Ohio. It was in force for 29 min. 10 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, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
Counties Darke County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Mar 14, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Pleasant Hill, OH | BARN DESTORYED. VIA TROY DAILY NEWS. TIME ESTIMATED |
| Mar 14, 2:27 PM EDT | TORNADO 0 | 5 E Arcanum, OH | AN EF0 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED NEAR PITSBURG IN DARKE COUNTY OHIO. A FEW TREES WERE DOWNED...WITH SOME DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE NORTH OF OAKES ROAD. |
| Mar 14, 2:31 PM EDT | TORNADO 0 | 5 Wnw West Milton, OH | AN EF0 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED NEAR LAURA IN MIAMI COUNTY OHIO. SEVERAL PROPERTIES ON STAUFFER ROAD SUSTAINED DAMAGE...WITH A METAL ROOF REMOVED FROM A HOME...AND A FEW TREES DOWNED. |
| Mar 14, 2:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Laura, OH | MOBILE HOME HEAVILY DAMAGED. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED. |
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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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.
722
WFUS51 KILN 141816
TORILN
OHC037-109-113-141845-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0002.160314T1816Z-160314T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
216 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...
SOUTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.
* AT 216 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LEWISBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TROY...WEST MILTON...PLEASANT HILL...CLAYTON...PHILLIPSBURG...LAURA...
POTSDAM...LUDLOW FALLS...CIRCLE HILL AND GARLAND.
THIS INCLUDES I-75 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 75.
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 4005 8420 3986 8439 3987 8446 3992 8448
3992 8449 4009 8447
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 196DEG 24KT 3989 8443
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
$$
AR2 follow-up statements
202 WWUS51 KILN 141825 SVSILN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 225 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 OHC113-141835- /O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160314T1845Z/ MONTGOMERY OH- 225 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4005 8420 3992 8436 3992 8449 4009 8447 $$ OHC037-109-141845- /O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160314T1845Z/ MIAMI OH-DARKE OH- 225 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 225 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION LOCATED NEAR WEST MILTON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TROY...WEST MILTON...PLEASANT HILL...LAURA...POTSDAM...LUDLOW FALLS... CIRCLE HILL AND GARLAND. THIS INCLUDES I-75 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 75. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...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 4005 8420 3992 8436 3992 8449 4009 8447 TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 192DEG 26KT 3996 8442 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED $$ AR
757
WWUS51 KILN 141837
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
237 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
OHC037-109-141847-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160314T1845Z/
MIAMI OH-DARKE OH-
237 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHEASTERN DARKE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN
AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
LAT...LON 4005 8420 3992 8436 3992 8449 4009 8447
$$
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, 1:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble | 37 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, 2:25 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.