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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Northern Indiana

May 9, 2000Defiance County, Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2000, 7:11 PM EDT for Defiance County, Williams County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2000, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2000, 7:50 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Defiance County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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
May 9, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 9, 4:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2000-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2000-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 092313
SVRFWA
OHC039-171-092350-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
711 PM EDT TUE MAY 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DEFIANCE COUNTY IN OHIO
  WILLIAMS COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 750 PM EDT(650 PM EST)

* AT 602 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A   LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM       
  LAGRANGE TO 6 MILES   SOUTHWEST OF KENDALLVILLE TO 10 MILES        
  NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE...  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
  HICKSVILLE
  EDGERTON
  MONTPELIER
  BRYAN
  STRYKER
  DEFIANCE
  WEST UNITY
  
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF SEVERE 
STORMS! SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENUT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4172 8500 4137 8488 4123 8483 4111 8451
          4115 8426 4135 8430 4171 8442

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHenry38 min
May 9, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHenry34 min
May 9, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWilliams32 min
May 9, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPaulding, Van Wert58 min
May 9, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHenry55 min
May 9, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Putnam, Van Wert62 min
May 9, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.