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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Northern Indiana

June 12, 2001Paulding County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2001, 3:14 AM EDT for Paulding County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 76 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2001, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2001, 4:30 AM EDT
In force: 76 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Whole counties

Counties Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 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
Jun 12, 3:30 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Payne, OH	Tree down
Jun 12, 3:35 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Payne, OH	Tree down.
Jun 12, 4:10 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Belmore, OH	Trees down on power lines.
Jun 12, 4:10 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Leipsic, OH	Trees and power lines down.
Jun 12, 4:20 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Pandora, OH	Tree down.

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 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 258 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 75 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 120716
SVRFWA
OHC039-051-069-125-137-171-120830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
314 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DEFIANCE COUNTY IN OHIO
  FULTON COUNTY IN OHIO
  HENRY COUNTY IN OHIO
  PAULDING COUNTY IN OHIO
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN OHIO
  WILLIAMS COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 430 AM EDT

* AT 314 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONTPELIER TO FORT             
  WAYNE...MOVING SOUTHEAST 35 MPH. 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE                  
  THUNDERSTORMS...  
  BRYAN 
  STRYKER
  WAUSEON
  SWANTON
  DEFIANCE
  NAPOLEON
  PAULDING
  OTTAWA

SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE
STORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF SEVERE 
STORMS! SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

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

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 Jun 12, 3:00 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:00 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
200 AM EST TUE JUN 12 2001

KIWX RADAR SHOWING LINE OF SEVERE TSRA MOVING ACROSS CWA ATTM.
LATEST MCD INDICATED NO ADDL WATCH TO FOLLOW BUT WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR LATEST TRENDS TO DETERMINE FINAL ZONE BREAKOUT. KMKX RADAR
SHOWS ADDL STORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE IN WI. IF THESE TAKE SIMILAR
TURN SOUTH MAY END UP WITH SH/TSRA WELL INTO THE MORNING HOURS
MAKING TIMING PRECIP FOR FIRST PERIOD A BIT TRICKY. FOR NOW PLAN TO
GO WITH LIKELY/OCCASIONAL WORDING FOR EARLY TO MID MORNING THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY. FCST REMAINDER OF SHORT TERM ON TRACK AS RIDGING
BUILDS INTO THE REGION. MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR TEMPS TO RECOVER FROM
MORNpING CONVECTION SO WILL OPEN UP RANGE AOB GUIDANCE FOR TODAY.

.IWX...NONE.

JAL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 1:36 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1236 AM EST TUE JUN 12 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1230 AM    MICHIGAN CITY             IN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/12/01   LAPORTE                        TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

Local storm report, Jun 12, 1:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1255 AM EST TUE JUN 12 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1227 AM    3 S SAWYER                MI   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   BERRIEN                        TREES DOWN BETWEEN
                                          SAWYER AND THREE OAKS.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:42 AM EDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
142 AM EST TUE JUN 12 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION...;.

0130 AM    4 NNE NORTH WEBSTER       IN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/12/01   KOSCIUSKO                      REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:48 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
148 AM EST TUE JUN 12 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0117 AM    SHERWOOD                  MI   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   BRANCH                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 3:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams	76 min
Jun 12, 3:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Van Wert	89 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.