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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Northern Indiana

June 13, 2004Defiance County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2004, 5:16 PM EDT for Defiance County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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
Jun 13, 2004, 5:16 PM EDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Defiance County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 5:30 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGDefiance, OHNUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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.

946 
WUUS53 KIWX 132116
SVRIWX
OHC039-132200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
516 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF DEFIANCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
  30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  DEFIANCE

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE 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 4120 8433 4121 8443 4125 8443 4125 8457
          4134 8460 4138 8439 4143 8423 4121 8423

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance, Paulding60 min
Jun 13, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPaulding59 min
Jun 13, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDefiance62 min
Jun 13, 6:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningIWXDefiance, Paulding2 hr
Jun 13, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHenry, Putnam, Van Wert78 min
Jun 13, 6:28 PM EDTTornado WarningIWXHenry, Putnam47 min
Jun 13, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen73 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.