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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 14, 2016Darke County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2016, 2:28 PM EDT for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 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: Mar 14, 2016, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated

County Darke County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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
Mar 14, 2:29 PM EDT	TORNADO 1	2 Sse Arcanum, OH	AN EF1 TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED NEAR ARCANUM IN DARKE COUNTY OHIO. AN OUTBUILDING AT A PROPERTY SOUTH OF DULL ROAD WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTROYED...WITH SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE IN THE AREA.
Mar 14, 2:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 S Arcanum, OH	DULL ROAD DAMAGE. TREES UPROOTED. ROOFS OFF OF STRUCTURES. TIME ESTIMATED. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

819 
WFUS51 KILN 141828
TORILN
OHC037-141900-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0003.160314T1828Z-160314T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
228 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.

* AT 227 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ARCANUM...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENVILLE...ARCANUM...BRADFORD...GETTYSBURG...PITSBURG...GORDON...
  ITHACA...CASTINE...UNION CORNERS AND ABBOTTSVILLE.

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 4015 8464 4014 8443 4007 8443 3992 8447
      3993 8464
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 191DEG 26KT 3997 8455 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED

$$

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2 follow-up statements

697 
WWUS51 KILN 141836
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
236 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016

OHC037-141900-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160314T1900Z/
DARKE OH-
236 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 235 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG
ROTATION LOCATED OVER ARCANUM...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO IS
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...ARCANUM...BRADFORD...GETTYSBURG...PITSBURG...UNION CORNERS
AND ABBOTTSVILLE.

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 4015 8464 4014 8443 4007 8443 3997 8446
      4000 8463
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 190DEG 23KT 4001 8454 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED

$$

AR

645 
WWUS51 KILN 141854
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
254 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016

OHC037-141904-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160314T1900Z/
DARKE OH-
254 PM EDT MON MAR 14 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
300 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 4015 8464 4014 8443 4007 8443 3997 8446
      4000 8463

$$

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The 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, 2:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery	29 min
Mar 14, 2:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	35 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.