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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Northern Indiana

June 12, 1998Defiance County, Henry County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1998, 5:14 PM EDT for Defiance County, Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1998, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1998, 5:50 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

Counties Defiance County, OH, Henry County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 4:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1998-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1998-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

483 
WFUS53 KIWX 122112 RRA
TORFWA
OHC039-069-122145-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
414 PM EST FRI JUN 12 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DEFIANCE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO
  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 550 PM EDT (450 PM EST)

* AT 512 PM EDT... SPOTTERS REPORTS INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF DEFIANCE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
  BRUNERSBURG
  DEFIANCE
  AYERSVILLE
  JEWELL
  FLORIDA
  NAPOLEON

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM ACT QUICKLY. SEEK SHELTER IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

MES/JM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 4:48 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXWilliams47 min
Jun 12, 5:50 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXPaulding35 min
Jun 12, 5:53 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXHenry37 min
Jun 12, 6:18 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXPutnam, Van Wert52 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.