Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 2005, 7:20 PM EDT for Paulding County, Ohio. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 21, 2005, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2005, 7:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Paulding County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:20 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Antwerp, OH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIWX 212320 TORIWX OHC125-212345- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0005.050721T2320Z-050721T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 720 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PAULDING COUNTY IN OHIO * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 716 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF ANTWERP...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HICKSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... PAULDING AND CECIL... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4125 8476 4112 8474 4111 8444 4125 8445 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIWX 212333 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 629 PM EST THU JUL 21 2005 OHC125-212345- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050721T2345Z/ PAULDING OH- 729 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR... PAULDING COUNTY IN OHIO AT 629 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF ANTWERP...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF NEW HAVEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. AT 628 PM EST TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TOWN OF PAULDING. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... PAULDING...LATTY...AND BROUGHTON. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4125 8476 4112 8474 4111 8444 4125 8445 $$ WAMSLEY
000 WWUS53 KIWX 212351 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 651 PM EST THU JUL 21 2005 OHC125-220001- /O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050721T2345Z/ PAULDING OH- 751 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT FOR... PAULDING COUNTY IN OHIO AT 746 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4125 8476 4112 8474 4111 8444 4125 8445 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.