Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2006, 9:11 PM EDT for Paulding County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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
- Aug 28, 2006, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:12 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIWX 290111 TORIWX OHC125-137-290200- /O.NEW.KIWX.TO.W.0021.060829T0111Z-060829T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 911 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PAULDING COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO * UNTIL 1000 PM EDT * AT 908 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONTINENTAL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF VAN WERT...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... CONTINENTAL... ROSELMS... MANDALE... CLOVERDALE... DUPONT... 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 4106 8452 4099 8453 4099 8415 4116 8415 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIWX 290139 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 936 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 OHC125-290146- /O.CAN.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060829T0200Z/ PAULDING OH- 936 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PAULDING COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO PUTNAM COUNTY AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. LAT...LON 4111 8433 4099 8433 4099 8415 4116 8415 $$ OHC137-290200- /O.CON.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060829T0200Z/ PUTNAM OH- 936 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY... AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLOVERDALE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF DELPHOS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY. 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. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. LAT...LON 4111 8433 4099 8433 4099 8415 4116 8415 $$
000 WWUS53 KIWX 290154 SVSIWX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 954 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 OHC137-290204- /O.EXP.KIWX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060829T0200Z/ PUTNAM OH- 954 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1000 PM EDT... AT 954 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO. LAT...LON 4111 8433 4099 8433 4099 8415 4116 8415 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 50 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.