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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 19, 2017Grant County, Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2017, 6:03 PM EDT for Grant County, Owen County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 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: May 19, 2017, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2017, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Grant County, KY, Owen County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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
May 19, 6:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Keefer, KY	SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR DOGWALK RD. TREE FELL ON CARPORT. BARN DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 19, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

440 
WFUS51 KILN 192203
TORILN
KYC081-187-192230-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0013.170519T2203Z-170519T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
603 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Grant County in northern Kentucky...
  Southeastern Owen County in northern Kentucky...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 603 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles east of Owenton, moving east at 35 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...
  Corinth, Keefer, Camp Northward, Elk Lake, Beechwood, Needmore, New
  Columbus, Lawrenceville, Natlee and Cordova.

This includes I-75 in Kentucky between mile markers 144 and 151.
 
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 3841 8477 3858 8477 3860 8449 3854 8448
      3852 8448 3851 8449 3851 8452 3849 8456
      3844 8462 3841 8466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 266DEG 32KT 3849 8467 

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

847 
WWUS51 KILN 192216
SVSILN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
616 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

KYC081-187-192230-
/O.CON.KILN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170519T2230Z/
Grant KY-Owen KY-
616 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTIES...
    
At 615 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles southeast of Owenton, moving east at 30 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...
Corinth, Keefer, Camp Northward, New Columbus, Natlee, Cordova,
Lawrenceville and Elk Lake.

This includes I-75 in Kentucky between mile markers 144 and 150.
 
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 3843 8476 3856 8475 3858 8449 3854 8448
      3852 8448 3851 8449 3851 8452 3849 8456
      3844 8462 3842 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 272DEG 25KT 3847 8464 

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

$$

229 
WWUS51 KILN 192228
SVSILN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
628 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

KYC081-187-192238-
/O.EXP.KILN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170519T2230Z/
Grant KY-Owen KY-
628 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHEASTERN OWEN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for
northern Kentucky.

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 3843 8476 3856 8475 3858 8449 3854 8448
      3852 8448 3851 8449 3851 8452 3849 8456
      3844 8462 3842 8465
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 266DEG 32KT 3848 8450 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton	50 min
May 19, 4:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Gallatin	3 hr
May 19, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Gallatin	29 min
May 19, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Bracken, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton	50 min
May 19, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Kenton	40 min
May 19, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 1 more	42 min
May 19, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	33 min
May 19, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Grant, Owen	31 min
May 19, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Mason, Pendleton	29 min
May 19, 6:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Carroll, Grant, Owen	3 hr
May 19, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen	28 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.