Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 20, 2016, 7:42 PM EDT for Champaign County, Logan County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 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, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Champaign County, OH, Logan County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
839
WFUS51 KILN 202342
TORILN
OHC021-091-210015-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0021.160820T2342Z-160821T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
742 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 741 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DE GRAFF...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
BELLEFONTAINE...WEST LIBERTY...NORTH LEWISBURG...DE GRAFF...
RUSHSYLVANIA...VALLEY HI...ZANESFIELD...MIDDLEBURG...SPRINGHILLS...
EAST LIBERTY...PICKRELLTOWN AND NEW JERUSALEM.
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 4022 8356 4021 8389 4034 8392 4050 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 253DEG 25KT 4030 8383
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
HAINES2 follow-up statements
702
WWUS51 KILN 202356
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
756 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
OHC021-091-210015-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160821T0015Z/
CHAMPAIGN OH-LOGAN OH-
756 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN AND EASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...
AT 756 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLEFONTAINE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLEFONTAINE...WEST LIBERTY...NORTH LEWISBURG...RUSHSYLVANIA...
VALLEY HI...ZANESFIELD...MIDDLEBURG...EAST LIBERTY...
PICKRELLTOWN AND NEW JERUSALEM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND
SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4022 8356 4022 8381 4037 8385 4050 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 253DEG 25KT 4033 8370
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
HAINES174
WWUS51 KILN 210008
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
808 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
OHC021-091-210016-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160821T0015Z/
CHAMPAIGN OH-LOGAN OH-
808 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN AND EASTERN LOGAN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...
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.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
UNION AND LOGAN COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 4022 8356 4022 8381 4037 8385 4050 8358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 253DEG 25KT 4033 8370
$$
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, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby | 8 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, 7:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Champaign, Logan, Miami, Shelby | 3 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 2016Every tornado warning in 2016Tornadoes in 2016
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.