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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Northern Indiana

June 13, 2004Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2004, 6:28 PM EDT for Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 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: Jun 13, 2004, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2004, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Henry County, OH, Putnam County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 6:44 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Miller City, OH
Jun 13, 6:56 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Wnw Continental, OH	BARN DAMAGED.
Jun 13, 6:57 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Wnw Continental, OH	NUMEROUS 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 13, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

932 
WFUS53 KIWX 132228
TORIWX
OHC069-137-132315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
627 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HENRY COUNTY IN OHIO
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 627 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR 
CONTINENTAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
  MILLER CITY
  NEW BAVARIA
  GILBOA
  WEST LEIPSIC
  LEIPSIC
  HOLGATE

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 4084 8430 4091 8438 4115 8432 4115 8421
          4124 8420 4146 8396 4139 8387 4092 8387

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Paulding	60 min
Jun 13, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance	44 min
Jun 13, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Paulding	59 min
Jun 13, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance	62 min
Jun 13, 6:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IWX	Defiance, Paulding	2 hr
Jun 13, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Henry, Putnam, Van Wert	78 min
Jun 13, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	73 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.