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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Wilmington, OH

November 5, 2017Auglaize County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2017, 2:55 PM EST for Auglaize County, Ohio. It was in force for 20 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: Nov 5, 2017, 2:55 PM EST (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 5, 2017, 3:15 PM EST
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Auglaize County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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
Nov 5, 12:08 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

980 
WFUS51 KILN 051955
TORILN
OHC011-052030-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0031.171105T1955Z-171105T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
255 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio...

* Until 330 PM EST.

* At 255 PM EST, a tornado-producing storm was located near
  Spencerville, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado. Radar shows tornado debris in 
           the air. 

  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...
  Cridersville, Buckland, Kossuth and State Route 116 at State Route
  197.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 4066 8422 4066 8416 4065 8415 4059 8446
      4068 8445 4069 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 247DEG 32KT 4064 8442 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KC

1 follow-up statement

653 
WWUS51 KILN 052015
SVSILN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
315 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2017

OHC011-052025-
/O.CAN.KILN.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-171105T2030Z/
Auglaize OH-
315 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 PM EST for west central
Ohio.

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 4066 8422 4066 8416 4065 8415 4059 8446
      4068 8445 4069 8422
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 247DEG 32KT 4071 8420 

$$

KC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 5, 3:23 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	ILN	Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 23 more	24 hr
Nov 5, 2:07 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Mercer	23 min
Nov 5, 2:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILN	Mercer	35 min
Nov 5, 2:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer	35 min
Nov 5, 3:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	25 min
Nov 5, 3:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer	48 min
Nov 5, 3:33 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Mercer	12 min
Nov 5, 3:37 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Mercer	3 hr
Nov 5, 3:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke	28 min
Nov 5, 3:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby	41 min
Nov 5, 3:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hardin	39 min
Nov 5, 4:02 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize	3 hr
Nov 5, 4:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hardin, Logan, Union	24 min
Nov 5, 4:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton, Warren	35 min
Nov 5, 4:41 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	3 hr
Nov 5, 4:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	34 min
Nov 5, 5:02 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Darke	3 hr
Nov 5, 5:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	47 min
Nov 5, 5:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan	3 hr
Nov 5, 5:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Darke, Miami, Shelby	24 min
Nov 5, 5:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark	24 min
Nov 5, 5:42 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Darke, Preble	3 hr
Nov 5, 5:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Miami	33 min
Nov 5, 5:50 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Preble	25 min
Nov 5, 5:57 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark, Delaware, Madison, Union	33 min
Nov 5, 6:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Miami, Montgomery	3 hr
Nov 5, 6:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene, Madison	27 min
Nov 5, 6:23 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Madison, Union	3 hr
Nov 5, 6:23 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Clark, Madison	15 min
Nov 5, 6:25 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Madison	50 min
Nov 5, 6:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Union	30 min
Nov 5, 6:37 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison	3 hr
Nov 5, 6:45 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Montgomery, Preble	3 hr
Nov 5, 6:55 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Franklin, Licking	3 hr
Nov 5, 6:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway	34 min
Nov 5, 6:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Montgomery	47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.