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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 4, 2016Darke County, Preble County, Ohio; Wayne County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2016, 6:34 PM EDT for Darke County, Preble County, Ohio; Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 12 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
Jun 4, 2016, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2016, 6:46 PM EDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Wayne County, IN, Darke County, OH, Preble County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2016-06-04Temperature 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 2016-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

012 
WFUS51 KILN 042234
TORILN
INC177-OHC037-135-042300-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0007.160604T2234Z-160604T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
634 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN PREBLE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...
  SOUTHWESTERN DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.

* AT 634 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER FOUNTAIN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  NEW MADISON...FOUNTAIN CITY...WAYNE LAKES...ELDORADO...WEST MANCHESTER...
  BETHEL...HOLLANSBURG...CASTINE...WHITEWATER 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 4005 8463 3987 8459 3988 8494 3996 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 255DEG 24KT 3992 8490 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement
987 
WWUS51 KILN 042246
SVSILN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
646 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016

INC177-OHC037-135-042255-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160604T2300Z/
WAYNE IN-PREBLE OH-DARKE OH-
646 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN PREBLE
AND SOUTHWESTERN DARKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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 4005 8463 3987 8459 3988 8494 3996 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 255DEG 24KT 3994 8480 

$$

AR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchILNAdams, Brown, Clermont, Highland, Pike, Scioto7 hr
Jun 4, 3:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Clermont3 hr
Jun 4, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams45 min
Jun 4, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike, Scioto50 min
Jun 4, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike44 min
Jun 4, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMadison49 min
Jun 4, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPike32 min
Jun 4, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFranklin45 min
Jun 4, 5:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDelaware, Franklin, Madison2 hr
Jun 4, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHamilton36 min
Jun 4, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking43 min
Jun 4, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler, Preble36 min
Jun 4, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMontgomery25 min
Jun 4, 7:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren3 hr
Jun 4, 7:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams23 min
Jun 4, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNSwitzerland31 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.