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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Northern Indiana

June 5, 2005Fulton County, Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2005, 7:17 PM EDT for Fulton County, Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 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: Jun 5, 2005, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2005, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 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
Jun 5, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 052319
SVRIWX
OHC051-069-137-060000-
/O.NEW.KIWX.SV.W.0047.050605T2317Z-050606T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
717 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN OHIO
  HENRY COUNTY IN OHIO
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF HOLGATE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEFIANCE...AND MOVING   
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING      
  WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
  NAPOLEON AND DESHLER...
  LIBERTY CENTER...MCCLURE AND WAUSEON...
  OTTAWA AND CONTINENTAL...

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4170 8432 4128 8428 4091 8430 4096 8389
      4173 8390

$$

HITCHCOCK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIWX 052343
SVSIWX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
640 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

OHC051-069-137-060000-
/O.CON.KIWX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-050606T0000Z/
FULTON OH-HENRY OH-PUTNAM OH-
740 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR...

  FULTON COUNTY IN OHIO
  HENRY COUNTY IN OHIO
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN OHIO

AT 737 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LIN OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 
7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAPOLEON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
DEFIANCE. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AT 730 PM EDT 
PUTNAM COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED A BARN DETROYED AND A CAMPER BLOWN 
OVER NEAR CONTINENTAL. 

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE... 
WAUSEON...SWANTON...MCCLURE...LYONS...LIBERTY CENTER AND DELTA.

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4170 8416 4129 8415 4093 8417 4098 8391
      4175 8390

$$

HITCHCOCK

What 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 Jun 5, 5:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 5:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
405 PM EST MON JUN 5 2005

.SHORT TERM...
INITIAL CONCERNS RELEGATED TO PENDING SVR OUTBREAK. ATTM ATMOSPHERE
PRIMED FOR DVLPMNT AS NOTED W/ENHANCING CU FIELD FM CNTRL MI SW INTO
EC IL W/VERY RECENT INITIATION NOTED WITHIN CONFLUENCE ZONE IN SAME
AREA WHERE MSTR FLUX MAXIMIZED WITHIN MAX INSTABILITY AHD OF WELL
DEFINED MCV TRANSLATING OUT OF CNTRL IL. EWD PROPAGATION OF MAIN SW
TROF OVR MN AND ARRIVAL OF STG MID LVL SPEED MAX ALG TAIL END OF UPR
TROF DICTATES A PRIMARY DAMAGING WIND THREAT ALTHOUGH PRESENCE OF
HIGH SFC THETA-E AIRMASS AND MODEST MID LVL DRYNESS W/WET BULB 0
HGTS AOB 12KFT FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL. NOT TOO KEEN ON TOR THREAT
HWVR GIVEN ABSENCE OF SIG SFC BNDRY NOR ANY SUBSTANTIAL BACKING TO
LL FLW AHD OF IL MCV BUT LK BREEZE BNDRY ACRS SW MI WILL HAVE TO BE
WATCHED W/DISCRETE SUPERCELL WINDOW EARLY.

&&

.LONG TERM...
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...OVERALL...A WARM AND HUMID WEATHER
PATTERN WITH A CHANCE FOR STORMS MAINLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
LONGWAVE TROF WILL BECOME REESTABLISHED OVER THE WESTERN CONUS BY
LATE IN THE WEEK. CONCERN THAT COOL FRONT MAY BACKDOOR WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY...BUT FOR THIS PACKAGE WILL KEEP THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA
IN THE WARM SECTOR AS GFS/NAM BRINGS THE FRONT DOWN TO ABOUT THE
EDGE OF THE AREA BEFORE BECOMING A WARM FRONT AND LIFTING NORTH.
ALSO...GULF MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA AS A SERIES OF SHORT
WAVES EJECT EAST AND NORTHEAST OUT OF THE MAIN TROF. TIMING OF THESE
INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS LATE IN THE WEEK STILL TOO UNCERTAIN TO TRY TO
PIN DOWN AT THIS POINT...SO HAVE LEFT THE CHANCE OF STORMS IN THE
GRIDS/ZFP FOR EACH DAY LATE THIS WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
WATCHING CONV DVLPMNTS BACK W IN ASSOCN/W MCV OVR CNTRL IL AS IT
PERTAINS TO 18Z TAF FCST. LATEST VIS IMAGERY SHOWING ENHANCED CU
FIELD DVLPG IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM IN CONFLUENCE FM SW MI INTO NW IN
IN AREA OF MIN CINH...STG INSTABILITY AND MAX MSTR CVRG. ATTEMPTED
SOME TIMING OF TEMPO SVR THIS AFTN OTHERWISE WX NIL AFT MID EVENING
AS SFC COLD FRONT ACRS IA SURGES EWD EARLY TONIGHT. VFR CIGS EARLY
W/CLRG LATE.

&&

.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.IN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM EST ALL COUNTIES
.MI...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT ALL COUNTIES.
.OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT ALL COUNTIES
.LK MI...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT

&&

HOLSTEN/SKIP

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 11:00 AM EDT, 8 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1000 AM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-061010-
ADAMS IN-ALLEN OH-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN MI-BLACKFORD IN-BRANCH MI-CASS MI-
CASS IN-DE KALB IN-DEFIANCE OH-ELKHART IN-FULTON OH-FULTON IN-
GRANT IN-HENRY OH-HILLSDALE MI-HUNTINGTON IN-JAY IN-KOSCIUSKO IN-
LA PORTE IN-LAGRANGE IN-MARSHALL IN-MIAMI IN-NOBLE IN-PAULDING OH-
PULASKI IN-PUTNAM OH-ST. JOSEPH MI-ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN-
STEUBEN IN-VAN WERT OH-WABASH IN-WELLS IN-WHITE IN-WHITLEY IN-
WILLIAMS OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANGOLA...ARCHBOLD...AUBURN...
BENTON HARBOR...BENTON HEIGHTS...BERNE...BLUFFTON...BREMEN...BRYAN...
BUCHANAN...BUTLER...COLDWATER...COLUMBIA CITY...DECATUR...DEFIANCE...
DELPHOS...DOWAGIAC...DUNKIRK...DUNLAP...ELKHART...FAIR PLAIN...
FAIRMOUNT...FORT SHAWNEE...FORT WAYNE...GARRETT...GAS CITY...
GEORGETOWN...GOSHEN...GRANGER...GRISSOM AFB...GULIVOIRE PARK...
HARTFORD CITY...HICKSVILLE...HILLSDALE...HUNTINGTON...KENDALLVILLE...
KNOX...LA PORTE...LAGRANGE...LIGONIER...LIMA...LOGANSPORT...MARION...
MICHIGAN CITY...MISHAWAKA...MONTICELLO...MONTPELIER...NAPOLEON...
NAPPANEE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...NORTH MANCHESTER...OSSIAN...OTTAWA...
PERU...PLYMOUTH...PORTLAND...ROCHESTER...SIMONTON LAKE...
SOUTH BEND...ST. JOSEPH...STURGIS...SWANTON...SYRACUSE...
THREE RIVERS...TRAIL CREEK...TRI-LAKES...UPLAND...VAN WERT...
WABASH...WARSAW...WAUSEON...WESTVILLE...WINAMAC AND WINONA LAKE
1000 AM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST
OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE
COLD FRONT MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH A MODERATE RISK
FOR DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INITIATE BY MID AFTERNOON FROM SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS AND THEN RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A
FAST MOVING SQUALL LINE BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...SPREADING INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING.

OTHERWISE...HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL PEAK INTO THE
LOWER 90S AND WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES IN PLACE...WILL COMBINE TO ALLOW
HEAT INDICES TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT IT
REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL POSE A DISCRETE
SEVERE WEATHER RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

LMZ043-046-061-061010-
456 AM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS
AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE
COLD FRONT MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH A MODERATE RISK
FOR DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH AND LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INITIATE BY MID AFTERNOON FROM SOUTHWEST
MICHIGAN INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS AND THEN RAPIDLY INTENSIFY INTO A
FAST MOVING SQUALL LINE BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA
AND SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN...SPREADING INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT IT
REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL POSE A DISCRETE
SEVERE WEATHER RISK.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX

HOLSTEN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
516 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0503 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S ANGOLA              41.61N 85.00W
06/05/2005                   STEUBEN            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            8-12 INCH TREES DOWN. POWER LINES ALSO REPORTED DOWN.

0512 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLDWATER               41.94N 85.00W
06/05/2005                   BRANCH             MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF COLDWATER.

&&

MBOGUTH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:32 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
532 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     AMBOY                   40.60N 85.93W
06/05/2005                   MIAMI              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN ACROSS STATE ROAD 19.

0518 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARION                  40.55N 85.67W
06/05/2005                   GRANT              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY.

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 SW HUNTINGTON         40.80N 85.61W
06/05/2005                   HUNTINGTON         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

0520 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SSW ANGOLA            41.56N 85.04W
06/05/2005                   STEUBEN            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            14 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN.

0526 PM     TSTM WND GST     MOUNT ETNA              40.74N 85.56W
06/05/2005  70 MPH           HUNTINGTON         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GUSTS TO 70 MPH WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AT 50 MPH.

&&

MBOGUTH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:37 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
537 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0533 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LITCHFIELD              42.04N 84.76W
06/05/2005                   HILLSDALE          MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN PART OF THE
            COUNTY.

&&

MBOGUTH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:47 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
547 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BLUFFTON                40.74N 85.17W
06/05/2005                   WELLS              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES AND SEVERAL TREE BRANCHES DOWN IN THE CITY OF
            BLUFFTON.

&&

MBOGUTH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:09 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
609 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LIGONIER                41.46N 85.59W
06/05/2005                   NOBLE              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN NORTHWESTERN PART OF COUNTY.

0600 PM     TSTM WND GST     CONVOY                  40.92N 84.71W
06/05/2005  60 MPH           VAN WERT           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            GUSTS TO 60 MPH WITH SUSTAINED AT 50 MPH.

&&

MBOGUTH

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
617 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0614 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 S SCOTT               40.97N 84.58W
06/05/2005  70 MPH           VAN WERT           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

MBOGUTH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Defiance, Paulding, Williams	44 min
Jun 5, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Van Wert	43 min
Jun 5, 7:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Allen	67 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.