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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 28, 2017Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2017, 9:14 PM EDT for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 15 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, 2017, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2017, 9:29 PM EDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Ripley County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 28, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 419 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 848 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

304 
WFUS51 KILN 290114
TORILN
INC137-290145-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0012.170429T0114Z-170429T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
914 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Ripley County in southeastern Indiana...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 914 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 10 miles east of Vernon, moving east at 50 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...
  Versailles, Friendship, Cross Plains, Rexville, Benham, Olean and
  New Marion.

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 3904 8544 3910 8511 3899 8512 3893 8514
      3891 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 257DEG 43KT 3896 8541 

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

$$

Binau

2 follow-up statements

038 
WWUS51 KILN 290123
SVSILN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
923 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

INC137-290145-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170429T0145Z/
Ripley IN-
923 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
RIPLEY COUNTY...
    
At 923 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles south of Versailles, moving east at 45 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...
Friendship, Benham, Cross Plains, Olean, Rexville and New Marion. 

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 3901 8538 3906 8511 3899 8512 3893 8514
      3892 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 257DEG 40KT 3897 8530 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Binau

783 
WWUS51 KILN 290129
SVSILN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
929 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

INC137-290139-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-170429T0145Z/
Ripley IN-
929 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RIPLEY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been 
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 200 AM EDT for
southeastern Indiana.

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 3901 8538 3906 8511 3899 8512 3893 8514
      3892 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 257DEG 43KT 3899 8521 

$$

Binau

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Franklin, Ripley	31 min
Apr 28, 8:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fayette, Franklin	2 hr
Apr 28, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	30 min
Apr 28, 8:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	4 hr
Apr 28, 8:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Union	4 hr
Apr 28, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	27 min
Apr 28, 8:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn	38 min
Apr 28, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley	51 min
Apr 28, 9:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	6 hr
Apr 28, 10:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ohio, Switzerland	39 min
Apr 29, 6:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	35 min
Apr 29, 6:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	36 min
Apr 29, 7:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	3 hr
Apr 29, 7:51 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	4 hr
Apr 29, 7:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	52 min
Apr 29, 7:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	36 min
Apr 29, 7:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	46 min
Apr 29, 8:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union	4 hr
Apr 29, 8:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland	38 min
Apr 29, 8:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn	4 hr
Apr 29, 11:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	6 hr

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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.