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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana

November 10, 2002Henry County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 3:56 PM EST for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 10, 2002, 3:56 PM EST (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2002, 5:00 PM EST
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 10, 4:03 PM EST	Tornado F0	Ayersville, OH	This tornado originated in Van Wert county and moved across Paulding and Putnam counties before entering the extreme southwest corner of Defiance county about 5 miles southeast of Ayersville. NWS ground and aerial survey found the tornado was skipping, and pr
Nov 10, 4:09 PM EST	Tornado F0	Holgate, OH	This tornado originated in Van Wert county and moved across Paulding, Putnam and Defiance counties before entering southwest Henry county about 6 miles southeast of Holgate. NWS ground and aerial survey found the tornado was skipping and producing F0 damage to
Nov 10, 4:30 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 70 E	Hamler, OH	Emergency management reported a train was derailed by high winds estimated to be near 80 mph. This wind was likely downburst winds from the collapse of the parent supercell that produce a tornado farther west in Henry minutes earlier.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 10, 1:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 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.

723 
WFUS53 KIWX 102056
TORFWA
OHC069-102200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
354 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 500 PM EST

* AT 354 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BAVARIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 
  MPH. SHERIFF IN PAULDING COUNTY REPORTED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE FROM    
  THIS STORM IN SOUTHEAST PAULDING COUNTY. 


* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
  NEW BAVARIA
  HOLGATE
  FLORIDA
  HAMLER
  MALINTA
  MCCLURE
  LIBERTY CENTER

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE YOUR LIFE

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

LAT...LON 4132 8422 4117 8422 4116 8404 4151 8352
          4149 8402

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 3:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Van Wert	57 min
Nov 10, 3:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Defiance, Paulding, Putnam	58 min
Nov 10, 3:56 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Henry	64 min
Nov 10, 4:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen, Putnam	54 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.