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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 28, 2016Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2016, 4:48 PM EDT for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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
Apr 28, 2016, 4:48 PM EDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Wayne County, IN

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

851 
WFUS51 KILN 282048
TORILN
INC177-282115-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0006.160428T2048Z-160428T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
448 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 448 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR HAGERSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  RICHMOND...FOUNTAIN CITY...GREENS FORK...SPRING GROVE...WHITEWATER...
  INTERSTATE 70 AT EXIT 145...WILLIAMSBURG AND MIDDLEBORO.

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 3998 8507 3997 8481 3979 8482 3987 8511
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 273DEG 24KT 3991 8504 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KURZ
2 follow-up statements
647 
WWUS51 KILN 282059
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
459 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

INC177-282115-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160428T2115Z/
WAYNE IN-
459 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
    
AT 459 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUNTAIN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
RICHMOND...WHITEWATER AND MIDDLEBORO. 

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 3994 8501 3996 8481 3985 8482 3987 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 269DEG 17KT 3991 8498 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

KURZ
637 
WWUS51 KILN 282109
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
509 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

INC177-282118-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160428T2115Z/
WAYNE IN-
509 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 PM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
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
SUBMITTING YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

LAT...LON 3994 8501 3996 8481 3985 8482 3987 8502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 273DEG 24KT 3991 8498 

$$

KURZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Wayne29 min
Apr 28, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWayne34 min
Apr 28, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWayne36 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.