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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 27, 2016Shelby County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2016, 10:58 PM EDT for Shelby County, Ohio. It was in force for 7 min. 1 report 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 27, 2016, 10:58 PM EDT (02:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2016, 11:05 PM EDT
In force: 7 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated

County Shelby County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 27, 10:59 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Sidney, OH	TWO LARGE TREES DOWNED ALONG HARDIN-WAPAKONETA ROAD

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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

890 
WFUS51 KILN 280258
TORILN
OHC149-280330-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0005.160328T0258Z-160328T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1058 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.

* AT 1058 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SIDNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SIDNEY...ANNA...HARDIN...PORT JEFFERSON AND SWANDERS. 

THIS INCLUDES I-75 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 101.
 
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 4027 8428 4037 8429 4044 8412 4039 8404
      4031 8406
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 235DEG 42KT 4033 8421 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED

$$

HATZOS

1 follow-up statement

717 
WWUS51 KILN 280305
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1105 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

OHC149-280315-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160328T0330Z/
SHELBY OH-
1105 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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 4027 8428 4037 8429 4044 8412 4039 8404
      4031 8406

$$

HATZOS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	38 min
Mar 27, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Preble	34 min
Mar 27, 10:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke	24 min
Mar 27, 10:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	27 min
Mar 27, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Darke	34 min
Mar 27, 10:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	27 min
Mar 27, 10:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Miami, Montgomery	32 min
Mar 27, 11:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Logan, Miami, Shelby	29 min
Mar 27, 11:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Union	28 min
Mar 28, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield	38 min
Mar 28, 1:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	26 min
Mar 28, 3:59 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Highland, Pike	18 hr

Nearby

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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.