Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2016, 7:10 PM EDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min. 11 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
- Oct 19, 2016, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.75 in
Counties Boone County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Pendleton County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 7:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S Union, KY | |
| Oct 19, 7:12 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Florence, KY | ONE LARGE TREE DOWNED ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS NEAR RICHWOOD. A LIGHT POLE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT A TRUCK STOP NEAR INTERSTATE 71/75. |
| Oct 19, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Florence, KY | SEVERAL TREES DOWNED NEAR FOINAVON LANE. |
| Oct 19, 7:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Independence, KY | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS KENTON COUNTY. |
| Oct 19, 7:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Independence, KY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. |
| Oct 19, 7:26 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Independence, KY | |
| Oct 19, 7:34 PM EDT | HAIL 2.5 | Morning View, KY | |
| Oct 19, 7:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Grants Lick, KY | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE GRANTS LICK AREA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Oct 19, 7:40 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Grants Lick, KY | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE GRANTS LICK AREA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Oct 19, 7:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ssw Alexandria, KY | ABOUT 12 TO 15 TREES OF VARIOUS SIZES DOWN AT A RESIDENCE ON LEES RD. SOME WERE SNAPPED AND SOME UPROOTED...ALL IN THE SAME GENERAL DIRECTION. |
| Oct 19, 7:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ssw Alexandria, KY | CORRECTED NUMBER OF TREES...29 TREES OF VARIOUS SIZES DOWN AT A RESIDENCE ON LEES RD. SOME WERE SNAPPED AND SOME UPROOTED...ALL GENERALLY TOWARDS THE EAST. |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
999
WFUS51 KILN 192310
TORILN
KYC015-037-117-191-192345-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0026.161019T2310Z-161019T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
710 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
KENTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
NORTH CENTRAL PENDLETON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 709 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WALTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
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...
COVINGTON...FLORENCE...INDEPENDENCE...ERLANGER...EDGEWOOD...
ALEXANDRIA...ELSMERE...HIGHLAND HEIGHTS...TAYLOR MILL...WALTON...
CLARYVILLE...UNION...WILDER...SILVER GROVE...MELBOURNE...COLD
SPRING...RYLAND HEIGHTS...CRESTVIEW...FAIRVIEW AND RICEDALE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-71 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 77.
I-75 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 179.
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 3884 8468 3897 8468 3904 8436 3903 8434
3903 8433 3879 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 275DEG 24KT 3889 8462
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN
$$
AR2 follow-up statements
807
WWUS51 KILN 192327
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
727 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016
KYC015-192336-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-161019T2345Z/
BOONE KY-
727 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3884 8459 3898 8460 3904 8436 3903 8434
3903 8433 3879 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 268DEG 22KT 3889 8449
$$
KYC037-117-191-192345-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-161019T2345Z/
KENTON KY-PENDLETON KY-CAMPBELL KY-
727 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
KENTON...NORTH CENTRAL PENDLETON AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES...
AT 726 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
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...
COVINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ERLANGER...ALEXANDRIA...ELSMERE...TAYLOR
MILL...WALTON...CLARYVILLE...WILDER...SILVER GROVE...MELBOURNE...COLD
SPRING...RYLAND HEIGHTS...CRESTVIEW...FAIRVIEW...RICEDALE...WHITE
TOWER...ATWOOD...CAMPBELL COUNTY LAKE AND BANK LICK.
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 3884 8459 3898 8460 3904 8436 3903 8434
3903 8433 3879 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 268DEG 22KT 3889 8449
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
AR481
WWUS51 KILN 192342
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
742 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016
KYC037-117-191-192351-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-161019T2345Z/
KENTON KY-PENDLETON KY-CAMPBELL KY-
742 PM EDT WED OCT 19 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KENTON...NORTH CENTRAL PENDLETON
AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS TORNADOES...WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN
AND SUBMITTING YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 3884 8459 3898 8460 3904 8436 3903 8434
3903 8433 3879 8430
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 275DEG 24KT 3888 8435
$$
ARThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 41 min |
| Oct 19, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin, Kenton | 25 min |
| Oct 19, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Gallatin | 23 min |
| Oct 19, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Boone, Kenton | 2 hr |
| Oct 19, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Kenton, Pendleton | 32 min |
| Oct 19, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton, Pendleton | 32 min |
| Oct 19, 7:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Campbell, Pendleton | 115 min |
| Oct 19, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Bracken, Campbell, Pendleton | 23 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.