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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana

March 20, 2003Fulton County, Williams County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 2003, 2:51 PM EST for Fulton 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 2003, 2:51 PM EST (19:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 2003, 3:30 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fulton County, OH, Williams County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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
Mar 20, 2:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2003-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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 201951
SVRFWA
OHC051-171-202030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
251 PM EST THU MAR 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM EST

* AT 251 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF STRYKER...MOVING NORTH AT 35
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  MONTPELIER
  ARCHBOLD
  WEST UNITY
  WAUSEON
  PIONEER
  ALVORDTON

DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE STORM 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 8479 4148 8435 4149 8388 4171 8388
          4169 8477

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.