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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 18, 2021Dearborn County, Ohio County, Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2021, 9:02 PM EDT for Dearborn County, Ohio County, Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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 18, 2021, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Dearborn County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 18, 4:02 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 2257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 17.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

540 
WFUS51 KILN 190102
TORILN
INC029-115-137-190130-
/O.NEW.KILN.TO.W.0009.210619T0102Z-210619T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
902 PM EDT Fri Jun 18 2021

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Ohio County in southeastern Indiana...
  Southeastern Ripley County in southeastern Indiana...
  Southern Dearborn County in southeastern Indiana...

* Until 930 PM EDT.
    
* At 902 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Dillsboro, moving southeast at 55 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...
  Aurora, Rising Sun, Dillsboro, Moores Hill, Wilmington, French,
  Hartford, Mount Sinai, Aberdeen, Pate, Cold Springs, Farmers
  Retreat, North Landing, Rabbit Hash and Petersburg.

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

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 3916 8505 3907 8488 3905 8490 3897 8483
      3895 8484 3892 8488 3891 8488 3890 8487
      3890 8503 3903 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 308DEG 46KT 3905 8505 

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

$$

Franks

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 8:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	50 min
Jun 18, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Union, Wayne	31 min
Jun 18, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	46 min
Jun 18, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	34 min
Jun 18, 9:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	3 hr
Jun 18, 9:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio	34 min
Jun 18, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ohio, Switzerland	15 min
Jun 18, 9:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio	3 hr
Jun 18, 11:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Switzerland	3 hr
Jun 19, 12:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Wayne	27 min
Jun 19, 1:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Wayne	2 hr
Jun 19, 1:28 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Switzerland	4 hr
Jun 19, 3:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley, Switzerland	3 hr
Jun 19, 4:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Ohio, Switzerland	5 hr
Jun 19, 6:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ripley	19 min
Jun 19, 6:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	13 hr
Jun 19, 8:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ohio, Switzerland	34 min
Jun 19, 10:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Ohio, Switzerland	6 hr
Jun 19, 1:18 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin	9 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.