Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2003, 7:42 PM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2003, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2003, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 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), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
687
WUUS53 KIWX 062342 RRA
SVRIWX
OHC069-070030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
742 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HENRY COUNTY IN OHIO
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 742 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
WEST OF NAPOLEON TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLGATE TO 5 MILES SOUTH
OF HOLGATE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
NAPOLEON
MALINTA
HAMLER
DESHLER
MCCLURE
LIBERTY CENTER
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE
STORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 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 FORECAST
OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4144 8431 4141 8419 4132 8417 4117 8416
4120 8388 4149 8391What 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 Jul 6, 3:04 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:04 PM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 204 PM EST SUN JUL 6 2003 NO MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE EXPECTED UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN FRONTAL BOUNDARY FINALLY BEGINS TO WORK SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA. BEFORE THEN...A COUPLE ROUNDS OF STRONG/SVR CONVECTION EXPECTED ACROSS THE CWA. SCT CONVECTION ONGOING OVER THE CWA RIGHT NOW...BUT MAIN THREAT WILL BE APPROACHING COMPLEX CURRENTLY IN EASTERN IOWA. NEW SWOMCD MENTIONS WATCH LIKELY AROUND OR SHORTLY BEFORE ZONE ISSUANCE TIME. DAMAGING WINDS SEEMS THE GREATEST THREAT...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD OCCUR WHERE LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES INTERACT WITH STORMS. HEAVY RAIN THREAT STILL EXISTS AND WITH FLASH FLOOD VALUES STILL QUITE LOW IN THE SOUTH THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL/CONTINUED FLOODING EXISTS. AFTER COLLABORATION WITH IND...WILL EXTEND FFA THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON(20Z). RATHER THAN TIME THINGS OUT...WILL GO LIKELY POPS ALL AREAS TONIGHT. ANOTHER BUSY DAY EXPECTED FOR MONDAY. NEW DAY 2 OUTLOOK HAS ENTIRE CWA IN MODERATE RISK. SEEMS REASONABLE WITH BOUNDARY GETTING CLOSER TO THE CWA AND ABUNDANT MSTR/INSTABILITY. CHCS FOR ADDITIONAL PRECIP TOMORROW WILL RIDE ON DEVELOPMENT/MOVEMENT OF EXPECTED MCS OVERNIGHT. MODELS DISAGREEING ON ITS MOVEMENT WITH SOME TAKING IT DUE EAST...SOME SOUTHEAST. WILL GO WITH HIGH CHC POPS FOR NOW AND CONTINUE MENTION OF HEAVY RAINFALL. WILL CONTINUE CHC POPS THROUGH WEDS AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH TUES/TUES NGT...BUT THEN STALLS OUT TUES NGT INTO WEDS ACROSS THE CWA. REST OF GRIDS LOOK FINE. EXTENDED DISCUSSION... BASED ON GFS TRENDING SLOWER WITH OVERALL PATTERN...HAVE ADDED POPS THURSDAY IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES TO THE GRIDS. .IWX... IN...FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY FOR ZONES INZ013...INZ015... INZ020...INZ022>027...INZ032>034. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. FISHER/BARJENBRUCH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 6:00 AM EDT, 13 hours 42 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-071000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 500 AM EST SUN JUL 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MOST LIKELY THREAT. FLOODING IS STILL A THREAT OVER PARTS OF INDIANA SOUTH OF US ROUTE 30 WHERE RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN HIGH OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TODAY WHICH MAY CAUSE MORE FLOOD PROBLEMS .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION ON MONDAY WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY THREAT FROM ANY STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY BUT THE SEVERE POTENTIAL IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 6, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0500 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0455 PM MONTEREY IN FLASH FLOOD
07/06/03 PULASKI EVACUATED PEOPLE AT LAKE
HOMES ALONG THE TIPPECANOE
RIVER AT MONTEREY. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WAMSLEYLocal storm report, Jul 6, 6:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0529 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM 11 SE HUNTINGTON IN WIND DAMAGE
07/06/03 HUNTINGTON SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY 911 DISPATCHER.
WAMSLEYLocal storm report, Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0555 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0555 PM CHALMERS IN FLASH FLOOD
07/06/03 WHITE COUNTY ROADS UNDER RUNNING
WATER FROM CHALMERS TO
BROOKSTON. WATER DEPTH
RANGED FROM 18 INCHES TO
SEVERAL FEET. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER. TIME OF
EVENT FROM LAST NIGHT TO
CURRENT.
WAMSLEYLocal storm report, Jul 6, 7:14 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0614 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0614 PM 3 NE MONON IN WIND DAMAGE
07/06/03 WHITE LITTLE MONON CREEK TWO TO
THREE FEET OUT OF BANKS.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER.
WAMSLEYLocal storm report, Jul 6, 7:15 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT : CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0615 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0614 PM 3 NE MONON IN FLASH FLOOD
07/06/03 WHITE LITTLE MONON CREEK TWO TO
THREE FEET OUT OF BANKS.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGER.
WAMSLEYLocal storm report, Jul 6, 7:32 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
0632 PM EST SUN JUL 06 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0623 PM PAULDING OH WIND DAMAGE
07/06/03 PAULDING 2 TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGER.
WAMSLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Williams | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.