Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 3:42 PM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2000, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2000, 4:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Henry County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 9, 4:08 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Malinta, OH |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIWX 091943 SVRFWA OHC069-092020- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 342 PM EDT TUE MAY 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HENRY COUNTY IN OHIO * UNTIL 420 PM EDT(320 PM EST) * AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF NEW BAVARIA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEFIANCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... HOLGATE FLORIDA HAMLER MALINTA NAPOLEON MCCLURE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREiST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4121 8437 4108 8420 4136 8376 4153 8399 NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 9, 3:15 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 3:15 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 215 PM EST TUE MAY 9 2000 MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT TONIGHT...WITH ETA PERHAPS BEST WITH PLACEMENT OF SURFACE FEATURES. 5H VORT MOVES FROM KS THIS AFTERNOON TO SC IL BY 06Z WED AND TO IN/OH BORDER BY 12Z...AS SFC LOW OVER C IL MOVES TO LE BY 06Z AND LO BY 12Z...ALLOWING SFC COLD FRONT TO EXIT MY CWA AROUND DAWN WEDNESDAY. TONIGHT NORTH AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF CWA HAVE BEST MOISTURE...LIFT... AND THETA E ADV. PWATS ARE 1.5 TO 1.6 WITH QPFS OF ABOUT AN INCH OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL UNDOUBTEDLY FALL...BUT AM ON THE FENCE ABOUT NECESSITY OF FFA. WHILE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED LATER WITH THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS...THINK FFA CAN BE DROPPED DUE TO DRY GROUND AND LACK OF HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT/TODAY. FFG VALUES ARE 3.5 TO 4 INCHES PER SIX HOURS IN CENTRAL AND EAST COUNTIES...2.5 TO 3 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST. SPC CURRENTLY MONITORING WESTERN CWA FOR WW. WILL MENTION POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IN ZONES ATTM...WILL MAKE APPROPRIATE WORDING/HEADLINE CHANGES IF/WHEN WW IS ISSUED. WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE WILL KEEP CLOUDS IN THE EAST IN THE MORNING... BUT OTHERWISE DRY AIR AND SUBSIDENCE WILL MAKE FOR A BEAUTIFUL DAY. WILL KEEP POPS IN WESTERN COUNTIES ON THURSDAY BUT WILL KEEP THEM LOW. AVN IS PROGGING A STRONG CAP WITH LITTLE UPPER SUPPORT AND NOT ALL THAT MUCH MOISTURE. MAIN SHOW WILL BE CLOSER TO THE SYSTEM WELL WEST OF HERE. IN THE EXTENDED WILL BUMP SATURDAYS SHOWERS UP TO FRIDAY AND WILL KEEP WEEKEND DRY AS RIDGE BUILDS IN. TEMPS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT AND WILL FOLLOW. TKS TO DTX FOR COORD. .IWX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL NORTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES. REAUGH
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 9, 10:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
955 AM EST TUE MAY 09 2000
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1245 AM PLYMOUTH IN WIND DAMAGE
05/09/00 MARSHALL TREES DOWN JUST WEST OF
PLYMOUTH. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
NSpecial weather statement, May 9, 11:23 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-092130- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1023 AM EST TUE MAY 9 2000 ...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN TO A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING...WITH A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER OKLAHOMA. THE SURFACE LOW AND ATTENDANT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ARE FORECAST TO TRACK NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WITH SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LOGANSPORT TO STURGIS LINE. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...AND OTHER INTERESTED CONCERNS SHOULD MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 34 min |
| May 9, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Williams | 32 min |
| May 9, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Paulding, Van Wert | 58 min |
| May 9, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 39 min |
| May 9, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 55 min |
| May 9, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam, Van Wert | 62 min |
| May 9, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.